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Qualitative ethnographic fieldwork was conducted primarily in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) among older persons, their families, and community members, with a focus on old age homes. Beliefs and practices surrounding competing models of elder care\u2014such as in the family or in old age homes\u2014speak not only to elder care per se, but also to broader cultural-moral visions of the relationship among persons, families, and states, and the nature and aims of the human life course.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1891\/cmaj.6.2.80","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2006,3,2]],"date-time":"2006-03-02T14:45:25Z","timestamp":1141310725000},"page":"80-89","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":29,"title":["Cultural and Moral Values Surrounding Care and (In)Dependence in Late Life: Reflections From India in an Era of Global Modernity"],"prefix":"10.1891","volume":"6","author":[{"given":"Sarah","family":"Lamb","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"793","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2005,6,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1_197","first-page":"39","volume":"1","author":"Bandyopadhyay K","year":"2003","journal-title":"Sananda"},{"key":"ref2_198","unstructured":"2. 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