Karmic suffering in the western world: exploring cultural and spiritual goals at the end of life

• Sonal Sharda,
• Seema Rajesh Rao,
• Edward Christopher Dee,
• Nishwant Swami

Affiliations

Sonal Sharda

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA

Seema Rajesh Rao

Bangalore Hospice Trust - Karunashraya Institute for Palliative Care Education and Research (KIPCER), Bengaluru, India

Edward Christopher Dee

Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

Nishwant Swami

Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Corresponding author. Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.