The Soul of Care: The Moral Education of a Husband and a Doctor

by Arthur Kleinman

Book Overview

A moving memoir and an extraordinary love story that shows how an expert physician became a family caregiver and learned why care is so central to all our lives and yet is at risk in today's world.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525559329
• ISBN13: 9780525559320
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Viking
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.3"