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Healthcare, or Ugra Karma? End of Life Ethical Considerations in Ayurveda
by Kj. Nimai Nitai Das
Sooner or later, every Ayurvedic preceptor and practitioner must answer inevitable queries from a student or patient regarding extreme medical interventions. Although I have responded often to such questions over two decades of instruction and practice, a recent inquiry from an allopathic medical student has triggered a deeper examination of the ontological and moral underpinnings that inform Ayurvedic ethics.
