Harvard Anthropology Professor Arthur Kleinman was recently featured in The Harvard Crimson's interview series "Fifteen Questions" in which he shares his thoughts on caregiving, field research in China, and his "love story."
A professor of anthropology of over 40 years, Kleinman studies patient-caregiver relationships in Asia. “I had the personal experience of taking care of my late wife, Joan, for 10 and a half years while she suffered from early onset Alzheimer’s disease and died from it,” he says. “That experience was transformative for me. I thought I knew everything about illness and care. I realized that I had a hell of a lot to learn. What is it to take care of someone who you love with a terrible disease?”
Read the full article at The Crimson website here.