false 10233 2 Paul Farmer has battled AIDS in rural Haiti and deadly strains of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the slums of Peru. A physician-anthropologist with more than fifteen years in the field, Farmer writes from the front lines of the war against these modern plagues and shows why, even more than those of history, they target the poor. This "peculiarly modern inequality" that permeates AIDS, TB, malaria, and typhoid in the modern world, and that feeds emerging (or re-emerging) infectious diseases such as Ebola and cholera, is laid bare in Farmer's harrowing stories of sickness and suffering.<br>Challenging the accepted methodologies of epidemiology and international health, he points out that most current explanatory strategies, from "cost-effectiveness" to patient "noncompliance," inevitably lead to blaming the victims. In reality, larger forces, global as well as local, determine why some people are sick and others are shielded from risk. Yet this moving account is far from a hopeless inventory of insoluble problems. Farmer writes of what can be done in the face of seemingly overwhelming odds, by physicians determined to treat those in need. <i>Infections and Inequalities</i> weds meticulous scholarship with a passion for solutions--remedies for the plagues of the poor and the social maladies that have sustained them. 12952 1999 Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues total:372|5:150|4:151|3:64|2:7|1:0| 372 1560 685 32 5 0 false false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 09:03:49 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 07:53:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 18 07:59:13 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 08:08:38 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 12:54:24 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 08:16:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 25 04:17:57 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 04:25:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 14 10:26:28 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 10:29:15 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Wed Nov 26 07:35:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 07:36:45 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Fri Apr 17 09:13:31 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 09:15:08 -0700 2009 ]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 16 12:01:26 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 12:02:08 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sun Nov 25 22:59:54 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 05:30:46 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed May 23 09:34:26 -0700 2007 Wed May 23 09:45:07 -0700 2007 Plus, somebody unfamiliar with the field, may be convinced. However, important arguements against the concepts presented in the book are overlooked. For example, I think cultural appr...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jul 27 13:15:03 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 13:18:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 09 05:29:29 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 04:02:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 17:34:13 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 16:42:35 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 13:07:06 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 20:03:54 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Sep 21 17:03:25 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 21 17:06:46 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue May 06 02:00:25 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 02:02:53 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 07:00:05 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 07:01:21 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu May 17 22:07:16 -0700 2007 Thu May 17 22:07:37 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Mon Apr 07 17:32:46 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 17:33:55 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 14 08:12:20 -0800 2007 Tue Apr 22 19:06:37 -0700 2008