Overview :"Social suffering" takes in the human consequences of war, famine, depression, disease, torture--the whole assemblage of human problems that... Read More
Overview :In this moving and thought-provoking volume, Arthur Kleinman tells the unsettling stories of a handful of men and women, some of whom have l... Read More
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 cent... Read More
Overview :Deep China investigates the emotional and moral lives of the Chinese people as they adjust to the challenges of modernity. Sharing a medical... Read More
Overview :In this book, Leinman proposes an international view of mental illness and mental care. He examines how the prevalence and nature of disorde... Read More
Overview :One of the most influential and creative scholars in medical anthropology takes stock of his recent intellectual odysseys in this collection... Read More
Overview :From one of America's most celebrated psychiatrists, the book that has taught generations of healers why healing the sick is about more than... Read More
Overview :Some of the most innovative and provocative work on the emotions and illness is occurring in cross-cultural research on depression. Culture ... Read More
Overview :From the Preface, by Arthur Kleinman: Patients and Healers in the Context of Culture presents a theoretical framework for studying the relat... Read More
Overview :The SARS epidemic of 2003 was one of the most serious public health crises of our times. The event, which lasted only a few months, is best ... Read More