To repair the world [electronic resource] : Paul Farmer speaks to the next generation / edited by Jonathan Weigel ; with a foreword by President Bill Clinton.
Farmer, Paul, 1959-; Weigel, Jonathan, 1986-
2013
RA418 .F36 2013eb
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Title To repair the world [electronic resource] : Paul Farmer speaks to the next generation / edited by Jonathan Weigel ; with a foreword by President Bill Clinton.
Author Farmer, Paul, 1959-
Uniform Title Speeches. Selections
ISBN 9780520275973 (hardback)
9780520955431 electronic book
Publication Details Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013.
Language English
Description xxvii, 266 p.
Call Number RA418 .F36 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 362.1
Summary "Here are highlights from Paul Farmers' speeches to a variety of audiences, from Princeton to Harvard to Notre Dame to Berkeley. Paul is a rock star of the academy who has a large following among many groups: students, doctors, general readers, activists, public health folks, professors. He is the pied piper of everyone who wants to change the world. Not only is he cofounder of Partners In Health,US Deputy Special Envoy to Haiti,head of social medicine at Harvard, but he's also a charming, humorous, engaging public speaker whose charisma is legend. In this book, conceived of as a graduation gift for students write large, Farmer addresses the challenges facing young people with a call for them to change the world and become activists"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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Added Author Weigel, Jonathan, 1986-
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pt. I. Reimagining equity
pt. II. The future of medicine and the big picture
pt. III. Health, human rights, and unnatural disasters
pt. IV. Service, solidarity, social justice.

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