{"product_id":"the-illness-narratives-suffering-healing-and-the-human-condition-9781541647121","title":"The Illness Narratives: Suffering, Healing, and the Human Condition","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eModern 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 scared, distressed, tired, weary. Our illnesses are not just biological conditions, but human ones. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was Arthur Kleinman, a Harvard psychiatrist and anthropologist, who saw this truth when most of his fellow doctors did not. Based on decades of clinical experience studying and treating chronic illness, \u003ci\u003eThe Illness Narratives\u003c\/i\u003e makes a case for interpreting the illness experience of patients as a core feature of doctoring. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore \u003ci\u003eBeing Mortal\u003c\/i\u003e, there was \u003ci\u003eThe Illness Narratives\u003c\/i\u003e. It remains today a prescient and passionate case for bridging the gap between patient and practitioner. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArthur Kleinman\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of medical anthropology in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine and professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is also the Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University. A member of the National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Kleinman is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Soul of Care\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePatients and Healers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhat Really Matters\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50677236990226,"sku":"9781541647121","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a3426a11-3c24-4082-bbda-3d1dc477b260.jpg?v=1733891029","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-illness-narratives-suffering-healing-and-the-human-condition-9781541647121","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}