Partner to the Poor: A Paul Farmer Reader Volume 23

by Paul Farmer

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520257138
• ISBN13: 9780520257139
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 680 Pages
• Weight: 2.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"