The Soul of Care with Arthur Kleinman | Archives Talk In-Person
Join psychiatrist, social anthropologist, and author Dr. Arthur Kleinman for an author talk, Q&A, and book signing. The Soul of Care is 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 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.
Speaker
Arthur Kleinman, MD, is one of the most renowned and influential scholars and writers on psychiatry, anthropology, global health, and cultural issues in medicine. Educated at Stanford University and Stanford Medical School, he has taught at Harvard for over forty years. He is currently professor of psychiatry and of medical anthropology at Harvard Medical School and Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology in Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Having spent decades doing field research in China and Taiwan, he is also a leading expert on East Asia, and was the Victor and William Fung Director of Harvard’s Asia Center from 2008 to 2016. He is also the author of The Illness Narratives: Suffering, Healing, and the Human Condition, now widely taught in medical schools. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Introduction by
Vincanne Adams, PhD, Professor of Medical Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine will introduce Dr. Kleinman.
This event is brought to you by the UCSF Library Archives & Special Collections, the Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine and City Lights Booksellers.
Archives Talks are free and open to the public. Light refreshments provided while supply lasts.
Click for directions to Parnassus Campus: UCSF Library, 530 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco CA 94143
- Date:
- Wednesday, Feb 12 2020
- Time:
- 4:00pm - 5:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Pacific Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Lange Room - 5th Floor
- Campus:
- Parnassus
- Categories:
- Archives and Special Collections
