The Resource Partner to the poor : a Paul Farmer reader, Paul Farmer ; edited by Haun Saussy ; foreword by Tracy Kidder
Partner to the poor : a Paul Farmer reader, Paul Farmer ; edited by Haun Saussy ; foreword by Tracy Kidder
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 660 pages)
- Contents
-
- Partner to the Poor: A Paul Farmer Reader; Contents; Foreword: Seeing the Proof; Introduction: The Right to Claim Rights; Part 1. Ethnography, History, Political Economy; Introduction to Part 1; 1. Bad Blood, Spoiled Milk: Bodily Fluids as Moral Barometers in Rural Haiti (1988); 2. Sending Sickness: Sorcery, Politics, and Changing Concepts of AIDS in Rural Haiti (1990); 3. The Exotic and the Mundane: Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Haiti (1990); 4. Ethnography, Social Analysis, and the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted HIV Infection among Poor Women in Haiti (1997)
- Isbn
- 9780520945630
- Label
- Partner to the poor : a Paul Farmer reader
- Title
- Partner to the poor
- Title remainder
- a Paul Farmer reader
- Statement of responsibility
- Paul Farmer ; edited by Haun Saussy ; foreword by Tracy Kidder
- Subject
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- Electronic books
- Epidemiology
- Epidemiology
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases | General
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues
- Internationality
- MEDICAL -- Diseases
- MEDICAL -- General
- MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery
- MEDICAL -- Health Policy
- MEDICAL -- Public Health
- Medical anthropology
- Medical anthropology
- Personal Narrative
- Physician's Role
- Poor -- Medical care
- Poor -- Medical care
- Poverty
- Public health
- Public health
- Social Justice
- Social Medicine
- Social medicine
- Social medicine
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists
- 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
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1959-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Farmer, Paul
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1960-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Saussy, Haun
- Series statement
- California series in public anthropology
- Series volume
- 23
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Poor
- Medical anthropology
- Social medicine
- Epidemiology
- Public health
- HEALTH & FITNESS
- MEDICAL
- MEDICAL
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- HEALTH & FITNESS
- MEDICAL
- MEDICAL
- MEDICAL
- Epidemiology
- Medical anthropology
- Poor
- Public health
- Social medicine
- Poverty
- Social Medicine
- Internationality
- Physician's Role
- Social Justice
- Label
- Partner to the poor : a Paul Farmer reader, Paul Farmer ; edited by Haun Saussy ; foreword by Tracy Kidder
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Partner to the Poor: A Paul Farmer Reader; Contents; Foreword: Seeing the Proof; Introduction: The Right to Claim Rights; Part 1. Ethnography, History, Political Economy; Introduction to Part 1; 1. Bad Blood, Spoiled Milk: Bodily Fluids as Moral Barometers in Rural Haiti (1988); 2. Sending Sickness: Sorcery, Politics, and Changing Concepts of AIDS in Rural Haiti (1990); 3. The Exotic and the Mundane: Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Haiti (1990); 4. Ethnography, Social Analysis, and the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted HIV Infection among Poor Women in Haiti (1997)
- Control code
- ocn613206365
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 660 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520945630
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- ebc837244
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttt418q
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)613206365
- Label
- Partner to the poor : a Paul Farmer reader, Paul Farmer ; edited by Haun Saussy ; foreword by Tracy Kidder
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Partner to the Poor: A Paul Farmer Reader; Contents; Foreword: Seeing the Proof; Introduction: The Right to Claim Rights; Part 1. Ethnography, History, Political Economy; Introduction to Part 1; 1. Bad Blood, Spoiled Milk: Bodily Fluids as Moral Barometers in Rural Haiti (1988); 2. Sending Sickness: Sorcery, Politics, and Changing Concepts of AIDS in Rural Haiti (1990); 3. The Exotic and the Mundane: Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Haiti (1990); 4. Ethnography, Social Analysis, and the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted HIV Infection among Poor Women in Haiti (1997)
- Control code
- ocn613206365
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 660 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780520945630
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- ebc837244
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttt418q
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)613206365
Subject
- Electronic books
- Epidemiology
- Epidemiology
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases | General
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues
- Internationality
- MEDICAL -- Diseases
- MEDICAL -- General
- MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery
- MEDICAL -- Health Policy
- MEDICAL -- Public Health
- Medical anthropology
- Medical anthropology
- Personal Narrative
- Physician's Role
- Poor -- Medical care
- Poor -- Medical care
- Poverty
- Public health
- Public health
- Social Justice
- Social Medicine
- Social medicine
- Social medicine
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists
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