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When Dr Arthur Kleinman, an eminent Harvard psychiatrist and social anthropologist, began caring for his wife, Joan, after she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, he found just how far the act of caregiving extended beyond the boundaries of medicine. In The Soul of Care, he delivers a deeply inspiring story about what it means to grapple with illness from both sides, as an experienced doctor and a loving husband.
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The Soul of Care, Arthur Kleinman
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- Released
- 2020
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- Title
- The Soul of Care
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Arthur Kleinman
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN10
- 0141992417
- ISBN13
- 9780141992419
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, True Stories, Health & Medicine, Biographies, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Health, Medicine, Anthropology
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- When Dr Arthur Kleinman, an eminent Harvard psychiatrist and social anthropologist, began caring for his wife, Joan, after she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, he found just how far the act of caregiving extended beyond the boundaries of medicine. In The Soul of Care, he delivers a deeply inspiring story about what it means to grapple with illness from both sides, as an experienced doctor and a loving husband.