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Author Kleinman, Arthur, author.

Title The soul of care : the moral education of a husband and a doctor / Arthur Kleinman.

Publication Info. New York : Viking, [2019]
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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY KLEINMAN    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  362.1968 KLEINMAN    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  362.1968 KLEINMAN    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  362.1 KLE    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  362.1968 KLEINMAN    Check Shelf
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - New Materials  362.0425 KLEINMAN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  362.1 KLE    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  362.1 KLEINMAN    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  362.6 KLEINMAN    Check Shelf
Description 262 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-262).
Summary "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: The Moral Education of a Husband and a Doctor, Kleinman delivers a deeply humane and inspiring story of his life in medicine and his marriage to Joan, and he describes the practical, emotional and moral aspects of caretaking. He also writes about the problems our society faces as medical technology advances and the cost of health care soars but caring for patients no longer seems important. Caregiving is long, hard, unglamorous work-at moments joyous, more often tedious, sometimes agonizing, but it is always rich in meaning. In the face of our current political indifference and the challenge to the health care system, he emphasizes how we must ask uncomfortable questions of ourselves, and of our doctors. To give care, to be "present" for someone who needs us, and to feel and show kindness are deep emotional and moral experiences, enactments of our core values. The practice of caregiving teaches us what is most important in life, and reveals the very heart of what it is to be human." -- book jacket
Subject Social medicine.
Medical ethics.
Caregivers.
Patients -- Home care.
Patients -- Care -- Psychological aspects.
Caregivers. (OCoLC)fst00847331
Medical ethics. (OCoLC)fst01014081
Social medicine. (OCoLC)fst01122637
ISBN 9780525559320 (hardcover)
0525559329 (hardcover)
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