ABSTRACT

First published in 1999, Maruyama explores some significant difficulties and differences in bringing the western hospice philosophy to the Japanese medical culture. Whilst not giving any definite answers, this study determines what some of the critical questions that need to be considered into Japanese medicine, as Mayuyama argues without defining these questions to begin with we cannot find appropriate solutions.

chapter 1|2 pages

Introduction

part I|61 pages

The Hospice Movement in the West and in Japan

chapter 2|36 pages

The Hospice Movement in the West

chapter 3|12 pages

The Hospice Movement in Japan

part II|49 pages

Attitudes to Death and Dying and the Hospice Movement

part III|68 pages

Attitudes to Death and Dying and the Hospice Movement

chapter 11|24 pages

Conclusion