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Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor (California Series in Public ...

19 reviews
Paul Farmer

University of California Press, 2004

Health and survival as human rights
Paul Farmer, perhaps the most famous 'Third World doctor' living today, has written an eloquent and moving plea for a reconsideration of modern approaches toward healthcare in the developing nations in this book, "Pathologies of Power". Based on his personal experiences of care in Haiti, but also his professional visits to Russia, Africa, Central America, Mexico, Cuba and many other places ...

Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues

7 reviews
Paul Farmer

University of California Press, 2001

Buy it. Read it.
An enlightening and insightful book that passionately sets a higher standard for those involved in medicine or any type of humanitarian work. He is passionate about what he says, but careful not to make assumptions that have not been well documented and researched. The book challenged my thinking when it comes to health care, poverty, and our social duty to take action against injustices in the ...

The Uses of Haiti (3rd Edition)

14 reviews
Paul Farmer

Common Courage Press, 2005

Wake up America!
The content, in the beginning, was difficult for a non political/history reader....but before long I was locked in and was amazed...appalled...at the role of our government in keeping the Haitian people in 'slavery' while claiming to support democracy. Life is a political game to which I have closed my eyes for too long! I am ashamed of the underhanded political dealings my government has been ...

The United States in Literature [1968 One-volume Edition] (America Reads)

Scott, Foresman, 1968

One-volume edition, covering from 1607 to the 20th century and including all genres.

AIDS and Accusation: Haiti and the Geography of Blame (Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care)

4 reviews
Paul Farmer

University of California Press, 1993

Reading this book will change your life
Farmer's excellent historical ethnography of Haitian illness (as seen through the contemporary context of the world AIDS epidemic), proves the necessity of developing anthropological approaches to understanding health systems and implementing medical care. The diagnosis and analysis of sickness, disease, illness, and treatment should go hand-in-hand with the cultural understanding of local ...

Santiago's Children: What I Learned about Life at an Orphanage in Chile

7 reviews
Steve Reifenberg

University of Texas Press, 2008

Why be a volunteer overseas?
In the years I spent working for an international volunteer organization, I was often asked whether volunteers benefit more from their experience than do the communities they serve. Steve Reifenberg's lovely memoir, Santiago's Children, provides the perfect answer: everyone benefits. Young volunteers who are often seeking guidance for their careers and lives come home with open minds and ...

From Outrage to Courage: Women Taking Action for Health and Justice

6 reviews
Anne Firth Murray

Common Courage Press, 2007

An inspiring book to be read and discussed by all
"From Outrage to Courage" is a book not to be placed on the shelf, but rather one to be read and discussed by citizens of all ages and backgrounds. Anne Firth Murray's writing inspires both women and men, teachers and students to confront the outrageous reality of the inequalities some women face all over the world today. Her tone is honest and wise, appropriately critical yet endlessly ...

On suffering and structural violence: a view from below. (how poverty influences suffering): An article from: ...
Paul Farmer

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1996

This digital document is an article from Daedalus, published by American Academy of Arts and Sciences on January 1, 1996. The length of the article is 8815 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. From the supplier: Suffering is a universal phenomenon, but the ...

Smart Growth in a Changing World
Jonathan Barnett, F. Kaid Benfield, ...

American Planning Association, 2007

The United States is in the midst of a crisis of energy consumption and environmental degradation, whose costs will become increasingly clear as our population skyrockets and our cities continue to sprawl. Unchecked development in multicity regions has damaged the natural environment, snarled traffic, and caused us to burn petroleum at a rate far greater than the rest of the world. Smart Growth in a Changing World documents the United ...

Real War Stories No. 1

1 review
Alan Moore

Eclipse Comics, 1987

Joyce Brabner et al: where are you?
The Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCC0) is in the business of peacemaking. It provides essential information for young men and women who become conscientious objectors after enlisting in the armed services, and it serves as a resource center for young men who may have moral reservations about registering with Selective Service. The CCC0 also collaborates with other ...

Women, Poverty & AIDS: Sex, Drugs and Structural Violence (Series in Health and Social Justice)

2 reviews
Paul Farmer, Margaret Connors

Common Courage Press, 1996

One of the Best Books on Women's Health Issues
"Lucid, smart, passionate, and compassionate, Women, Poverty & AIDS puts the calss back into class analysis. Through a diversity of voices, experiences, geographies and disciplines, the contributors argue that poverty as a factor in the global HIV epidemic is pervasive, neglected, and urgent. Povery is inescapably linked to gender. Acall to arms on behalf of health and social justice for poor ...

Passing Lines: Sexuality and Immigration (David Rockefeller Center Series on Latin American Studies)
Deborah Anker, Norma Mogrovejo Aquise, ...

David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, 2005

Passing Lines seeks to stimulate dialogue on the role of sexuality and sexual orientation in immigration to the U.S. from Latin America and the Caribbean. The book looks at the complexities, inconsistencies, and paradoxes of immigration from the point of view of both academics and practitioners in the field. Passing Lines takes a close look at the debates that surround eyewitness testimony, expertise, and advocacy regarding immigration ...

Reproducing Inequities: Poverty And the Politics of Population in Haiti (Studies in Medical Anthropology)
M. Catherine Maternowska

Rutgers University Press, 2006

Residents of Haiti—one of the poorest and most unstable countries in the world—face a grim reality of starvation, violence, lack of economic opportunity, and minimal health care. For years, aid organizations have sought to alleviate the problems by creating health and family planning clinics, including one modern (and, by local standards, luxurious) center in the heart of Cité Soleil. During its height of service in the 1980s and ...

Getting Haiti Right This Time: The U.S. and the Coup (Read and Reist)

8 reviews

Common Courage Press, 2004

Crucial to understanding the economic and political crisis in Haiti!
For activists interested in learning more about the recent U.S. military intervention in Haiti which resulted in massive human rights violations and the kidnapping of left-wing president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, this brief anthology of essays and Democracy Now! interviews is an excellent introduction. As the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere, Haiti, a former French colony and current victim ...

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