Anywhere you have extreme poverty and no national health insurance, no promise of health care regardless of social standing, that's where you see the sharp limitations of market-based health care.
But if you're asking my opinion, I would argue that a social justice approach should be central to medicine and utilized to be central to public heal… - Paul Farmer
But if you're asking my opinion, I would argue that a social justice approach should be central to medicine and utilized to be central to public heal…
- Paul Farmer
It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry is not, by any stretch of the imagination, doing enough to ensure that the poor have access to adequate … - Paul Farmer
It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry is not, by any stretch of the imagination, doing enough to ensure that the poor have access to adequate …
The essence of global health equity is the idea that something so precious as health might be viewed as a right. - Paul Farmer
The essence of global health equity is the idea that something so precious as health might be viewed as a right.
If I am hungry, that is a material problem; if someone else is hungry, that is a spiritual problem. - Paul Farmer
If I am hungry, that is a material problem; if someone else is hungry, that is a spiritual problem.
What I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable. - Paul Farmer
What I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable.
That's when I feel most alive, when I'm helping people. - Paul Farmer
That's when I feel most alive, when I'm helping people.
With rare exceptions, all of your most important achievements on this planet will come from working with others- or, in a word, partnership. - Paul Farmer
With rare exceptions, all of your most important achievements on this planet will come from working with others- or, in a word, partnership.
We have to design a health delivery system by actually talking to people and asking, 'What would make this service better for you?' As soon as you st… - Paul Farmer
We have to design a health delivery system by actually talking to people and asking, 'What would make this service better for you?' As soon as you st…
God gives us humans everything we need to flourish, but he's not the one who's supposed to divvy up the loot. You want to see where Christ crucified … - Paul Farmer
God gives us humans everything we need to flourish, but he's not the one who's supposed to divvy up the loot. You want to see where Christ crucified …
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