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Paul Farmer
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in North Adams, Massachusetts, The United States
October 26, 1959
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Washington Post
Ten million people — many of them young and most of them poor — will die around the world this year from diseases for which safe, effective and affordable treatments exist. In Haiti, these are known as "stupid deaths." What's more, inadequate health ...
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“It is very expensive to give bad medical care to poor people in a rich country.”
― Paul Farmer
― Paul Farmer
“Anywhere you have extreme poverty and no national health insurance, no promise of health care regardless of social standing, that's where you see the sharp limitations of market-based health care. ”
― Paul Farmer
― Paul Farmer
“WL’s [White Liberals] think all the world’s problems can be fixed without any cost to themselves. We don’t believe that. There’s a lot to be said for sacrifice, remorse, even pity. It’s what separates us from roaches”
― Paul Farmer, Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World
― Paul Farmer, Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World
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| Around the World ...: Haiti | 4 | 85 | Jan 30, 2013 04:14pm |
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