Arthur Kleinman is professor of medical anthropology in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine and professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is also the Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University. A member of the National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Kleinman is the author of numerous books, including Patients and Healers, Deep China, and What Really Matters.
"A major contribution to the care techniques for the chronically
ill."--JAMA
"If more physicians had Dr. Kleinman's ability to see and respond
to all of the patient's needs, we would not have the mistrust of
doctors that now pervades our society."
--Melvin Konner, M.D., PH.D., author of Becoming a Doctor
"Kleinman infuses the theme with fresh insights and 'empathic
witnessing, ' through the use of narrative, the stories of pain and
suffering that give form and meaning to the experience of
illness."--Elinor Lenz, Los Angeles Times Book Review
"There is no one who knows more or writes more interestingly than
Arthur Kleinman about the fundamental place of the meaning of
illness in the lives of sick persons."
--Eric J. Cassell, M.D., Cornell University Medical College
"Thought-provoking...touching...much needed by practicing
physicians. It is a must for residents and worthwhile reading for
all medical students."--New England Journal of Medicine
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