A comparison of the hospice movement between the West and Japan

The modern Western hospice philosophy has a strong Christian background, and implies an active attitude to and individual responsibility for pain, life and death, as one carries his "own" "cross." This individualistic and active approach to pain and death is not really relevant f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maruyama, T. C.
Published: Swansea University 1995
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.638018