Medical Anthropological Studies of Suffering and Care in Aging and Dying in the Aging Society of Japan

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I cleared that the construction of the way of aging and dying is to be bipolarized in the aging society of Japan. One is that the people have appreciated that they should design the way of aging and dying by theirselvs rather than to leave natural life course. They have been able to choose a natural burial or a family one, and to choose one among options has further accelerated individuslization by 'Jibunnrashii Shinikata' that means one's characteristic way of dying. Though the active choice is to be free from the traditional restrictions, the people are to have bewilderment, entanglement or suffering. The other, the people have revaluated the traditional funerals and the ties among family members and communities taking the oppotunity of the Great East Earthquake and Tsunami, various medical experts have searched for the way of support as a home care. However, the people have held much anxiety for dying at home because of losing culture of attending one's deathbed.