Infections and Inequalities
The Modern Plagues
Farmer's work diverges strikingly from the current 'emerging infectious disease' literature, much of which misses essential points about causation that Farmer brings out very well. . . . It is sure to appeal to those general readers attracted to books like Garrett's The Coming Plague, as well as to readers in medicine, public health, and the sociomedical sciences.-Frederick L. Dunn, M.D.Farmer argues against those who would insist that the health problems of the poor require and must await structural changes, that underdevelopment negates the efforts of physicians. He believes there is much that doctors can do, not simply as activists but as…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-520-22913-6
- EAN: 9780520229136
- Produktnummer: 9976094
- Verlag: University Of California Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
- Seitenangabe: 424 S.
- Masse: H22.7 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.6 cm 562 g
- Auflage: Revised ed
- Abbildungen: black & white illustrations
- Gewicht: 562
Über den Autor
Paul Farmer is cofounder of Partners In Health and Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His most recent book is Reimagining Global Health. Other titles include To Repair the World, Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor; and AIDS and Accusation: Haiti and the Geography of Blame, all by UC Press.
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