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The author of 40 books and the father of medical anthropology—Arthur Kleinman—was the caregiver to his late wife w/ #Alzheimers. He talked about "soul-less medicine" with @cuttingforstone and me medscape.com/viewarticle/92…
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@cuttingforstone Kleinman's recent @TheLancet essay:
"We need soul to specify the human quality at the heart of care in order to animate the souls of patients, family members, and clinicians."
thelancet.com/journals/lance… #medhumchat
@cuttingforstone @TheLancet Review of Soul of Care @katiehafner
washingtonpost.com/outlook/he-cri…
“We felt trapped in bewilderment & impotence, seen by processions of specialists who seemed oblivious to our fears or indeed our personhood"
"It would take me decades to understand how important that kind of presence...
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