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OCTOBER 27, 2022

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Home for the last days: Facing death at peace and with a smile

With the advent of a super-aging society in Japan, how to deal with end-of-life medical treatment and nursing care is an issue that everyone must think about. The Yomiuri Shimbun focused on a practicing doctor in Gifu who promotes home-based treatment and a system in which patients are cared for at home during their final days. The following is the first installment of the series.

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Conversations close to the heart adorn walls in India, Pakistan

There is a wall mural in the compound of a rundown textile mill located in the Hindu-majority Mahalaxmi area of Mumbai that carries a haunting verse penned down by Urdu poet Muqtida Hasan Nida Fazli in the aftermath of Partition: “Hindu bhi sukoon se hai Musalmaan bhi sukoon se, Insaan pareshaan yahaan bhi hai wahaan bhi” (Hindus are at peace, Muslims are too, it’s the humans who are worried here [India] and there [Pakistan] too). 

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