AUTHOR'S BIO
Arthur Kleinman
Arthur Kleinman is Professor of Medical Anthropology, Harvard University.
| RECENT COMMENTARIES | FEATURED COMMENTARIES | MOST READ COMMENTARIES |
-
Care-Giving and the Moral Impoverishment of Medicine
Arthur Kleinman Series: Health and Medicine 2009-05-28Care-giving is a foundational component of moral experience – an act of acknowledgement, empathy, and responsibility. But, aside from skilled nursing, rehabilitation efforts by occupational and physical therapists, and the practical assistance of social workers and home health aides, care-giving has little to do with the contemporary practice of medicine. ... read Comments: 2 Recommended: 0 Read: 19566
