Partner to the Poor by Paul Farmer
Collects the author's writings from 1988 to 2009 on anthropology, epidemiology, health care for the global poor, and international public health policy, providing an overview of his work. This work demonstrates how, over time, he has fundamentally changed the way we think about health, international aid, and social justice.-
Pathologies of Power
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Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies
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The Land of Open Graves
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Reimagining Global Health
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To Repair the World
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Righteous Dopefiend
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Illegality, Inc.
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Why Did They Kill?
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Shadows of War
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Annihilating Difference
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When Bodies Remember
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Counting the Dead
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The United States of War
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Leave If You Can
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Archaeology as Political Action
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Paradise in Ashes
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Exit Wounds
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Total Confinement
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Global Outlaws
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Chechnya
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Blind Spot
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Life in Traffic
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Democratic Insecurities
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Nuclear Ghost
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Dispossessed
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Deported to Death
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Returned
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They Leave Their Kidneys in the Fields
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The Spectacular Favela
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Driving after Class
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Living with Difference
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Jornalero
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Making Global MBAs
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Fighting to Breathe
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The Spirit Ambulance
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The Succeeders
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Getting Wrecked
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Scratching Out a Living
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Anti-Eviction
"A crucially important book for physicians" Jama "[Farmer] brings an energized yet pragmatic passion to an enduring problem in global health." Practical Matters "Highly engaging and intellectually satisfying." -- Mark A. Strand Perspectives In Science And Christian Faith
Paul Farmer is the UN Deputy Special Envoy for Haiti and Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is also Chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Co-founder of Partners In Health. Among his numerous awards and honors is the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation's "genius award." Haun Saussy is Bird White Housum Professor of Comparative Literature at Yale University. Tracy Kidder is the author of many acclaimed books including Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780520257139 |
| ISBN 10 | 0520257138 |
| Title | Partner to the Poor |
| Author | Paul Farmer |
| Series | California Series In Public Anthropology |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Year published | 2010-04-21 |
| Number of pages | 680 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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