The moving memoir of a doctor who became a family caregiver and learned why care is so central to all our lives Beautiful and deeply moving. A truly extraordinary work that will change how we think about our lives and the society we live in Michael Puett author of The Path When Dr Arthur Kleinman an eminent Harvard psychiatrist and social anthropologist began caring for his wife Joan after she was diagnosed with earlyonset Alzheimers disease he found just how far the act of caregiving extended beyond the boundaries of medicine. In The Soul of Care he delivers a deeply inspiring story about what it means to grapple with illness from both sides as an experienced doctor and a loving husband.Caregiving is long hard unglamorous work at moments joyous more often tedious sometimes agonizing but always rich in meaning.