Bianca Brijnath

Unforgotten

Love and the Culture of Dementia Care in India

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Produktbeschreibung

As life expectancy increases in India, the number of people living with dementia will also rise. Yet little is known about how people in India cope with dementia, how relationships and identities change through illness and loss.

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Produktdetails

• Life Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations
• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 444g
• ISBN-13: 9781782383543
• ISBN-10: 1782383549
• Artikelnr.: 42388063

Autorenporträt

Bianca Brijnath is a NHMRC Early Career Fellow in the Department of General Practice, Monash University, Australia. She is a researcher in medical anthropology, public health and primary health care. Her areas of interest include cross-cultural meanings of mental health and care and her field sites include India and Australia. 

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Notes on Transliteration
Introduction
Chapter 1. Methods and Character Building
Chapter 2. The Diagnostic Process
Chapter 3. Therapeutics and Health Seeking
Chapter 4. The Economies of Care
Chapter 5. Alzheimer's and the Indian Appetite
Chapter 6. Stigma and Loneliness in Care
Chapter 7. The Journey to Silence
Conclusion: 'This is the Time for Romance'
Glossary
References
Index