Pathologies of Power : Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor /

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Pathologies of Power uses harrowing stories of life-and death-in extreme situations to interrogate our understanding of human rights. Paul Farmer, a physician and anthropologist with twenty years of experience working in Haiti, Peru, and Russia, argues that promoting the social and economic rights o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Farmer, Paul (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2004]
Colección:California Series in Public Anthropology ; 4
Temas:
Discrimination in medical care.
Equality.
Human rights.
Poor > Medical care.
Right to health.
Social stratification.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
activism.
biography memoir.
disease.
disturbing examples.
doctor autobiography.
epidemic.
haiti.
health and wellness.
hiv.
human rights violations.
human rights.
human suffering.
inequality.
integrity research board.
irb.
medical advancement.
medical anthropology.
medical student.
medical technology.
optimistic view.
pathologist.
pathology.
peru.
plague.
political and economic injustice.
russia.
sociology.
stories of illness.
study of disease.
studying diseases.
tuberculosis.
urgent plea.
violence.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I. BEARING WITNESS
  • PART II. ONE PHYSICIAN'S PERSPECTIVE ON HUMAN RIGHTS
  • AFTERWORD
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • CREDITS
  • INDEX

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