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Rethinking Psychiatry

de Arthur Kleinman ...

In this book, Kleinman proposes an international view of mental illness and mental care.Arthur Kleinman, M.D., examines how the prevalence and nature of disorders vary in different cultures, how clinicians make their diagnoses, and how they heal, and the educational and practical implications of a true understanding of the interplay between biology and culture. ... Leer más

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In this book, Kleinman proposes an international view of mental illness and mental care.Arthur Kleinman, M.D., examines how the prevalence and nature of disorders vary in different cultures, how clinicians make their diagnoses, and how they heal, and the educational and practical implications of a true understanding of the interplay between biology and culture.
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The Illness Narratives

Suffering, Healing, And The Human Condition

de Arthur Kleinman ...

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.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 ... Leer más

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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.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
... Leer más

Disponible también en: Audiolibro
What Really Matters

Living a Moral Life amidst Uncertainty and Danger

de Arthur Kleinman, M.D. ...

In this moving and thought-provoking volume, Arthur Kleinman tells the unsettling stories of a handful of men and women, some of whom have lived through some of the most fundamental transitions of the turbulent twentieth century. Here we meet an American veteran of World War II, tortured by the memory of the atrocities he committed while a soldier in the Pacific. A French-American woman aiding ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

In this moving and thought-provoking volume, Arthur Kleinman tells the unsettling stories of a handful of men and women, some of whom have lived through some of the most fundamental transitions of the turbulent twentieth century. Here we meet an American veteran of World War II, tortured by the memory of the atrocities he committed while a soldier in the Pacific. A French-American woman aiding
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The Soul of Care

The Moral Education of a Husband and a Doctor

de Arthur Kleinman ...

A moving memoir and an extraordinary love story that shows how an expert physician became a family caregiver and learned why care is so central to all our lives and yet is at risk in today's world.When Dr. Arthur Kleinman, an eminent Harvard psychiatrist and social anthropologist, began caring for his wife, Joan, after she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, he found just how far ... Leer más

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A moving memoir and an extraordinary love story that shows how an expert physician became a family caregiver and learned why care is so central to all our lives and yet is at risk in today's world.When Dr. Arthur Kleinman, an eminent Harvard psychiatrist and social anthropologist, began caring for his wife, Joan, after she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, he found just how far
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The Practice of Wisdom

Five Quests

de Davíd Carrasco, Arthur Kleinman, Stephanie Paulsell, Michael Puett ...

A master class from four renowned Harvard professors—an anthropologist, a physician, a theologian, and a historian—on discovering wisdom in challenging times.In moments of uncertainty, to whom do we turn for solace and insight? How can we endure and overcome our own suffering? Harvard University professors Davíd Carrasco, Arthur Kleinman, Stephanie Paulsell, and Michael Puett turn to great ... Leer más

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A master class from four renowned Harvard professors—an anthropologist, a physician, a theologian, and a historian—on discovering wisdom in challenging times.In moments of uncertainty, to whom do we turn for solace and insight? How can we endure and overcome our own suffering? Harvard University professors Davíd Carrasco, Arthur Kleinman, Stephanie Paulsell, and Michael Puett turn to great
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Global Pharmaceuticals

Ethics, Markets, Practices

Edición de Adriana Petryna, Andrew Lakoff, Arthur Kleinman ...

In some parts of the world spending on pharmaceuticals is astronomical. In others people do not have access to basic or life-saving drugs. Individuals struggle to afford medications; whole populations are neglected, considered too poor to constitute profitable markets for the development and distribution of necessary drugs. The ethnographies brought together in this timely collection analyze both ... Leer más

$25.99 USD

In some parts of the world spending on pharmaceuticals is astronomical. In others people do not have access to basic or life-saving drugs. Individuals struggle to afford medications; whole populations are neglected, considered too poor to constitute profitable markets for the development and distribution of necessary drugs. The ethnographies brought together in this timely collection analyze both
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Underbelly

Childhood Diarrhea and the Hidden Local Realities of Global Health

de Rachel Hall-Clifford, Arthur Kleinman ...

An unsettling exploration of the hidden power dynamics of global health, seen through the lens of childhood diarrhea and its treatment within the Guatemalan context.Deaths from childhood diarrhea seem preposterous in high-income countries. Yet, for children under five years old in the rest of the world, diarrhea is the third highest cause of mortality. Despite a glut of prevention and treatment ... Leer más

$31.99 USD

An unsettling exploration of the hidden power dynamics of global health, seen through the lens of childhood diarrhea and its treatment within the Guatemalan context.Deaths from childhood diarrhea seem preposterous in high-income countries. Yet, for children under five years old in the rest of the world, diarrhea is the third highest cause of mortality. Despite a glut of prevention and treatment
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World Mental Health Casebook

Social and Mental Health Programs in Low-Income Countries

Edición de Alex Cohen, Arthur Kleinman, Benedetto Saraceno ...

In the past dozen years, the field of international mental health has been transformed from a sub-discipline that attracted only a handful of anthropologists, psychiatrists, and psychologists, into a field that has now become a major concern in international public health. The World Mental Health Casebook will serve as a resource for those engaged in the widening efforts to address the burden of ... Leer más

$143.99 USD

In the past dozen years, the field of international mental health has been transformed from a sub-discipline that attracted only a handful of anthropologists, psychiatrists, and psychologists, into a field that has now become a major concern in international public health. The World Mental Health Casebook will serve as a resource for those engaged in the widening efforts to address the burden of
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談病說痛：在受苦經驗中看見療癒

de 凱博文（Arthur Kleinman） ...

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在關係中看見病痛的本質　　在苦痛中明白醫治的真諦　　治「病」或醫「人」？　　引領醫學和人類學對話的哈佛醫師凱博文　　深刻描寫病痛經驗的醫學人文經典　　如果你曾經歷病痛，本書必讓你心有戚戚焉。如作者凱博文教授所說，「別人看不見你的痛」，病痛的效應蔓延在人生各層面，病者不只承受身體不適，更苦於無助與孤獨。但主流醫學卻僅將病痛視為生理失常，鮮少提供對心理、生活甚至靈性的照護，這不但無法消除病痛，更使得病者陷入惡性掙扎，痛苦不已。　　高大威猛、戰無不勝的警官，為何因一次背傷，從此蜷曲成一個窩囊廢……　　氣喘求醫無解的律師，竟因接受婚姻諮商，症狀緩解……　　黑人社區的高血壓肥胖婦女，為何讓醫師絕望地說：如不進行社會改革，她的病不會好……　　作者以人類學家的銳利眼光，呈現了病痛所承載的心理、人際、社會、文化等多層意涵，如何與病況交互影響；而醫師聆聽病人敘事的姿態，會影響病人如何訴說病痛 ... Leer más

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在關係中看見病痛的本質　　在苦痛中明白醫治的真諦　　治「病」或醫「人」？　　引領醫學和人類學對話的哈佛醫師凱博文　　深刻描寫病痛經驗的醫學人文經典　　如果你曾經歷病痛，本書必讓你心有戚戚焉。如作者凱博文教授所說，「別人看不見你的痛」，病痛的效應蔓延在人生各層面，病者不只承受身體不適，更苦於無助與孤獨。但主流醫學卻僅將病痛視為生理失常，鮮少提供對心理、生活甚至靈性的照護，這不但無法消除病痛，更使得病者陷入惡性掙扎，痛苦不已。　　高大威猛、戰無不勝的警官，為何因一次背傷，從此蜷曲成一個窩囊廢……　　氣喘求醫無解的律師，竟因接受婚姻諮商，症狀緩解……　　黑人社區的高血壓肥胖婦女，為何讓醫師絕望地說：如不進行社會改革，她的病不會好……　　作者以人類學家的銳利眼光，呈現了病痛所承載的心理、人際、社會、文化等多層意涵，如何與病況交互影響；而醫師聆聽病人敘事的姿態，會影響病人如何訴說病痛
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African Medical Pluralism

de Carolyn Sargent, Koen Stroeken, Claire Wendland, Arthur Kleinman, John M. Janzen, Susan J. Rasmussen, Stacey A. Langwick, Christopher Taylor, Elisha P. Renne0, Brooke Grundfest Schoepf1, Ulrika Trovalla2, Benson Mulemi3, James Leslie Kennell4 ...

In most places on the African continent, multiple health care options exist and patients draw on a therapeutic continuum that ranges from traditional medicine and religious healing to the latest in biomedical technology. The ethnographically based essays in this volume highlight African ways of perceiving sickness, making sense of and treating suffering, and thinking about health care to reveal ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

In most places on the African continent, multiple health care options exist and patients draw on a therapeutic continuum that ranges from traditional medicine and religious healing to the latest in biomedical technology. The ethnographically based essays in this volume highlight African ways of perceiving sickness, making sense of and treating suffering, and thinking about health care to reveal
... Leer más
What Really Matters

Living a Moral Life amidst Uncertainty and Danger

de Arthur Kleinman, M.D. ...

In this moving and thought-provoking volume, Arthur Kleinman tells the unsettling stories of a handful of men and women, some of whom have lived through some of the most fundamental transitions of the turbulent twentieth century. Here we meet an American veteran of World War II, tortured by the memory of the atrocities he committed while a soldier in the Pacific. A French-American woman aiding ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

In this moving and thought-provoking volume, Arthur Kleinman tells the unsettling stories of a handful of men and women, some of whom have lived through some of the most fundamental transitions of the turbulent twentieth century. Here we meet an American veteran of World War II, tortured by the memory of the atrocities he committed while a soldier in the Pacific. A French-American woman aiding
... Leer más
Japan's Wartime Medical Atrocities

Comparative Inquiries in Science, History, and Ethics

Edición de Jing Bao Nie, Nanyan Guo, Mark Selden, Arthur Kleinman ...

Series series Asia's Transformations
Prior to and during the Second World War, the Japanese Army established programs of biological warfare throughout China and elsewhere. In these “factories of death,” including the now-infamous Unit 731, Japanese doctors and scientists conducted large numbers of vivisections and experiments on human beings, mostly Chinese nationals. However, as a result of complex historical factors including an ... Leer más

$82.99 USD

Prior to and during the Second World War, the Japanese Army established programs of biological warfare throughout China and elsewhere. In these “factories of death,” including the now-infamous Unit 731, Japanese doctors and scientists conducted large numbers of vivisections and experiments on human beings, mostly Chinese nationals. However, as a result of complex historical factors including an
... Leer más

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