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A social version of gerotranscendence — case study
Author(s)	Tova Gamliel
Journal title	Journal of Aging and Identity, vol 6, no 2, 2001
Pages	pp 105-114
Keywords	Ageing process ; Death ; Attitude ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Case studies.
Annotation	This article examines the concept of gerotranscendence in the light of anthropological findings. Particular social patterns in a nursing home reveal a unique reality command to its tenants. The author assumes that the tenants' spontaneous patterns of social gathering construct a collective death consciousness that is spiritual in its nature. Torsten's term, "another paradigm", seems suitable not only for a developmental shift in old age, but also for the situational shift in the daily life of the subjects. Anthropological concepts, as well as contextual and inter-subjective parameters, join to indicate that some gerotranscendence dimensions are experienced in what the author terms as "sitting " and "giving" episodes. (OFFPRINT.) (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-011031210 A
Classmark	BG: CW: DP: EX: 69P *
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