Until 2003, life had treated doctor and professor Arthur Kleinman well. He was widely respected professionally, and he and his wife, Joan, a China scholar, had a happy marriage, with grown children and grandchildren. But then Joan Kleinman developed a form of Alzheimer's disease that brought both dementia and blindness. Arthur Kleinman became her caregiver. "You cannot understand caregiving unless you do it," says doctor and professor Arthur Kleinman. "Acts of caregiving come as close to what I think religion is as I could name."
Watch our full story on Arthur Kleinman and caregiving:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/october-1-2010/arthur-klei...
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