A Study of Medical Anthropology on Care in the AIDS temple

在这项研究中，我试图澄清泰国社会中艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者死亡和姑息护理的含义。本研究着眼于艾滋病寺庙中的一种社会死亡形式--仪式死亡的社会文化背景。他们的关怀需要“道德见证”，以建立对生死的价值观。道德见证支持人们礼仪性的死亡以换取好的轮回。人们对所有的关怀都有“宽恕和遗忘”，尽管他们似乎对那些即将死去的人毫无怜悯之心。人们在学习成为寺庙的一员后，为了被别人原谅和忘记而来原谅和忘记别人的错误。最后，我想通过我的志愿者工作，将小乘佛教的姑息关怀与基督教的临终关怀进行比较。我希望艾滋病毒/艾滋病的形势给我们提供了思考如何关爱人民，减少歧视，重新思考我们的生死。

In this research, I try to clarify the meaning of death and palliative care for the people living with HIV/AIDS in Thai society. This research focuses on the socio-cultural background of "ritual death" which means a form of social death in the AIDS temple. Their care requires "moral witness" to build a sense of value on life and death. Moral witness supports the people's ritual death for good reincarnation. The people have "forgiveness and forgetfulness" for all kind of care, even though they seem to be no mercy for the people who are just dying. After their study to be a member of the temple, the people come to forgive and forget other's mistake in order to be forgiven and forgotten by others.Finally,I would like to compare palliative care in Theravada Buddhism with in Christianity through my volunteer work. I expect HIV/AIDS situation offer us to think how to care for the people, to decrease discrimination, and to rethink on our life and death.