Introduction: a liberating approach to health care
Prolegomenon of a project: hermeneutical and methodological lines
PART I: Human contingency: anthropology of suffering
The unfortunate being in Simone Weil
Rootedness, suffering, and compassion: Malheaur and incarnation
The liberation approach to suffering: Simone Weil and liberation theology
The preferential option for the poor as an existential commitment
Emptying and the preferential option for the poor: mysticism and social implications
Conclusion Part I
PART II: Suffering and inequalities in health
Liberation ethics: inclusion from below
The suffering of the poor and their vulnerability: voices from below
Structural violence beyond numbers: learning from the hermeneutical lens of the poor
Structural violence and social determinants of health: the vulnerability of the poor
Conclusion Part II
PART III: Anthropology of suffering and liberation ethics: bases for health care as a human right
Global health and human rights framework from below: theological and anthropological perspectives
Popular education and public health: a community-based approach for healthcare advocacy
Conclusion Part III
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Bibliography
Index
About the author.