Paul Farmer speaks to the next generation Farmer, Paul 1959- creator Weigel, Jonathan 1986- ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. cau Berkeley University of California Press 2013 monographic eng

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xxvii, 266 p. "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"-- 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. edited by Jonathan Weigel ; with a foreword by President Bill Clinton. Includes bibliographical references. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Public health Social aspects Public welfare Public health administration Public health Citizen participation Public health RA418 .F36 2013eb 362.1 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10676829 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10676829 CaPaEBR 130125 ebr10676829