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Paul Farmer
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born
October 26, 1959
in North Adams, Massachusetts, The United States
gender
male
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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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Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights and the New War on the Poor
  4.27 avg rating — 1,290 ratings
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2003
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Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues, Updated with a New Preface
4.19 avg rating — 696 ratings
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1999
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AIDS and Accusation: Haiti and the Geography of Blame
4.10 avg rating — 296 ratings
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1992
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The Uses of Haiti
by Paul Farmer, Jonathan Kozol , Noam Chomsky 4.21 avg rating — 218 ratings
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Haiti: After the Earthquake
  3.80 avg rating — 190 ratings
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2011
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Partner to the Poor: A Paul Farmer Reader
by Paul Farmer, Haun Saussy , Tracy Kidder 4.36 avg rating — 45 ratings
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2010
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Women, Poverty, and AIDS: Sex, Drugs, and Structural Violence
by Paul Farmer, Margaret Connors, Janie Simmons 4.43 avg rating — 21 ratings
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1996
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Vichy political dilemma
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1977
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EC Tax Law
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1995
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France Reviews: Its Revolutionary Origins
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1963
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“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
“It is very expensive to give bad medical care to poor people in a rich country.”
― 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
Topics Mentioning This Author
| topics | posts | views | last activity | |
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| College Students! : Recommendations for Poli Sci Books? | 5 | 27 | Dec 01, 2010 12:46pm | |
| Around the World ...: Haiti | 2 | 21 | Sep 01, 2011 03:31pm |
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