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Teaching cross-cultural aspects of mourning: A Hindu perspective on death and dying

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2012

Chaya G. Bhuvaneswar*
Affiliation:
Covance Inc., Department of Neuroscience, Princeton, New Jersey Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Theodore A. Stern
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Chaya bhuvaneswar, Covance Inc., Department of Neuroscience, Princeton, New Jersey. E-mail: chayab77@gmail.com

Abstract

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Essay/Personal Reflections
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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