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Medical Anthropologist

Paul Farmer is an American medical anthropologist born on October 26, 1959. He has had a profound impact in the field of global health, particularly in the research and policy of tropical diseases and public health. Farmer is known for his work in providing medical services and advocating for social justice in impoverished areas.

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“WL’s [White Liberals] think all the world’s problems can be fixed without any cost to themselves. We don’t believe that. There’s a lot to be said for sacrifice, remorse, even pity. It’s what separates us from roaches”

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“The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.”

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“...In a world riven by inequity, medicine could be viewed as social justice work.”

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Book:Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor

Source: Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor

“The world is full of miserable places. One way of living comfortably is not to think about them or, when you do, to send money”

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“The poorest parts of the world are by and large the places in which one can best view the worst of medicine and not because doctors in these countries have different ideas about what constitutes modern medicine. It's the system and its limitations that are to blame.”

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“In fact, it seems to me that making strategic alliances across national borders in order to treat HIV among the world's poor is one of the last great hopes of solidarity across a widening divide.”

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Author:Paul Farmer

About the Author

Born: October 26, 1959
Known for: Medical Anthropologist
Quotes: 72

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