The Illness Narratives - by Arthur Kleinman (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Western medicine treats sick patients like broken machines -- figure out what is physically wrong, fix it, and send the patient on their way. But humans are not machines. When we are ill, we experience our illness: we become scared, distressed, tired, weary. Our illnesses are not just biological conditions, but human ones. It was Arthur Kleinman, a Harvard psychiatrist and anthropologist, who saw this truth when most of his fellow doctors did not. Based on decades of clinical experience studying and treating chronic illness, The Illness Narratives makes a case for interpreting the illness experience of patients as a core feature of doctoring. Before Being Mortal or The Body Keeps the Score, there was The Illness Narratives. It remains today a prescient and passionate case for bridging the gap between patient and practitioner"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>From one of America's most celebrated psychiatrists, the book that has taught generations of healers why healing the sick is about more than just diagnosing their illness.</b> <p/>Modern medicine treats sick patients like broken machines -- figure out what is physically wrong, fix it, and send the patient on their way. But humans are not machines. When we are ill, we experience our illness: we become scared, distressed, tired, weary. Our illnesses are not just biological conditions, but human ones. <p/>It was Arthur Kleinman, a Harvard psychiatrist and anthropologist, who saw this truth when most of his fellow doctors did not. Based on decades of clinical experience studying and treating chronic illness, <i>The Illness Narratives</i> makes a case for interpreting the illness experience of patients as a core feature of doctoring. <p/>Before <i>Being Mortal</i>, there was <i>The Illness Narratives</i>. It remains today a prescient and passionate case for bridging the gap between patient and practitioner. <br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Arthur Kleinman</b> 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 <i>The Soul of Care</i>, <i>Patients and Healers</i>, and <i>What Really Matters</i>.
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