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Quote by Paul Farmer

“People call me a saint and I think, I have to work harder. Because a saint would be a great thing to be.”

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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. more

“I think, sometimes, that I'm going nuts, and that perhaps there is something good about blocking clean water for those who have none, making sure that illiterate children remain so, and preventing the resuscitation of the public health sector in the country most in need of it. Lunacy is what it is.”

Thinking Needs Children Country Sometimes Water Clean Block Nuts Preventing Public Health Illiterate Clean Water Lunacy Resuscitation

Author:Paul Farmer

“Again, conventional Catholicism does not much appeal to me.”

Doe Catholic Appeals Catholicism Conventional

Author:Paul Farmer

“At the same time, it is obvious that clinicians in Haiti are faced with different, and, in fact, greater, challenges when attempting to treat complications of HIV disease.”

Different Facts Challenges Greater Disease Treats Obvious Attempting Hiv Complication Haiti Clinicians

Author:Paul Farmer

“I critique market-based medicine not because I haven't seen its heights but because I've seen its depths.”

Havens Medicine Depth Height Critique

Author:Paul Farmer