Studying terminal care with Buddhist priests

Studying terminal care with Buddhist priests

OTSU, Japan - Norihiro Nagakura (back R), a Buddhist priest from Kagoshima Prefecture, speaks to students attending an ethics course on caring for terminally ill patients, at Shiga University of Medical Science in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 11, 2013.

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