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.
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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Life Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations
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.
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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
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
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