Partner to the poor : a Paul Farmer reader

The Resource Partner to the poor : a Paul Farmer reader
Label
Partner to the poor : a Paul Farmer reader
Title remainder
a Paul Farmer reader
Statement of responsibility
Paul Farmer ; edited by Haun Saussy ; foreword by Tracy Kidder
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
For nearly thirty years, anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer has traveled to some of the most impoverished places on earth to bring comfort and the best possible medical care to the poorest of the poor. Driven by his stated intent to "make human rights substantial," Farmer has treated patients-and worked to address the root causes of their disease-in Haiti, Boston, Peru, Rwanda, and elsewhere in the developing world. In 1987, with several colleagues, he founded Partners In Health to provide a preferential option for the poor in health care. Throughout his career, Farmer has written eloque
Member of
Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
N$T
Dewey number
362.1086/942
Government publication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
RA418.5.P6
LC item number
F375 2010eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
NLM call number
WA 31
NLM item number
F234p 2009
Series statement
California series in public anthropology
Series volume
23
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