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When scientific education creates doubt about ancestral mourning practices

I am a doctor and my colleague died, and I want to honor him with our traditional funeral rites, but my medical training makes me question some of the practices and I feel guilty for my doubt.

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Professional knowledge can create internal conflict with inherited spiritual beliefs about death and honoring.

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