Into the jaws of Yama, lord of death : Buddhism, bioethics, and death /

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Author / Creator:Karma Lekshe Tsomo, 1944-
Imprint:Albany : State University of New York Press, c2006.
Description:ix, 270 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6094451
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ISBN:0791468313 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0791468321 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780791468319
9780791468326
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-254) and index.

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