The Soul of Care

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February 21, 2020 a project of ServiceSpace Acts of caregiving come as close to what I think religion is as I could name. - Arthur Kleinman - The Soul of Care Arthur Kleinman's wife, Joan, began to struggle with a rare form of early Alzheimer's disease at 59. Eight years after losing her, the Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and professor of psychiatry and of medical anthropology at Harvard Medical School chronicles their journey in "The Soul of Care: The Moral Education of a Husband and a Doctor." The book is part memoir, part examination of love and marriage, and an intimate look at how 40 years in the medical profession left him entirely unprepared to care for a loved one. { read more } Be The Change Reflect on your deepest experience of caregiving. What did it reveal to you? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News What It Means to Hold Space & 8 Tips to Do it Well Pushing Through: A Poem for Grieving Hearts Mary Oliver: Instructions for Living A Life The Joy of Being a Woman in Her Seventies Why Singing in a Choir Makes You Happier 12 Truths I Learned from Life and Writing 5 Core Practices for More Meaningful Conversations Orion's 25 Most-Read Articles of the Decade DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 247,532 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More