Paul Farmer

someone who helps others and in the eyes of others is looked up to. In Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder, Paul Farmer a doctor, is this hero. His beliefs and ideas impacts the lives of many and his actions help many people around him. His commitment to the “long defeat” is what helps Farmer in his decision making to treat patients and win. Throughout his time helping others Farmers always refers to this term “long defeat.” This term means that there might be a impossible goal that is trying

knowledge. Everyday, I enjoyed going to your class and taking part in the daily discussions, where I learned of captivating stories, fierce opinions, and brilliant ideologies. Moreover, you introduced me to several awe-inspiring individuals, such as Paul Farmer, whom I continue to admire. Through your classes and under your influence, I gained a sense of direction for my life aspirations, as I now wish to follow a similar path to Farmer’s altruistic, yet innovative

Paul Farmer came from a family who had little to offer him beside their outpouring love and sense of adventure. He had many places to call home, and would never really get comfortable in one spot because often his family would pick up and move. Farmer was inspired by great leadership, his father, growing up and would in turn become a great leader on his quest to rid the world of poverty and illness. Mountains Beyond Mountains written by Tracy Kidder, depicts Farmer’s mission to provide health care

summer reading, I chose to read Mountains Beyond Mountains: the Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World. I chose this book without reading the description and mainly based my selection on the great reviews for this book online as well as the fact that the author, Tracy Kidder, had won a Pulitzer Prize in the past. Ultimately, this book turned out to be as remarkable as the reviews stated it was. 2. Paul Farmer had a very unusual upbringing in Massachusetts, Alabama, and Florida. What

In this week’s article by Paul Farmer it discussed the rapid growth of infectious diseases in the past ten years and how social inequalities can lead to the catching of a disease. Such as living in poverty can increase the chances of getting infected with some type of disease rather than living in a good home where you are less likely to get infected. I will talk about the case of tuberculosis, the case of the HIV virus, and transnational work and how it relates to the spread of infectious diseases

In 1987, while still in medical school, Dr. Paul Farmer along with Dr. Jim Yong Kim, Ophelia Dahl, Thomas White and Todd McCormack founded Partners in Health (PIH).1 Since its meager beginnings, PIH has evolved to serve some 2.5 Million people throughout ten different countries.2 However, throughout the organizations grand transformation from a makeshift clinic in Haiti to one of the leading players in global health relief and development, Partners in Health have remained true to their mission to

“Dokte Paul.” the first part of the book titled Mountains Beyond Mountains, begins when author and journalist Tracy Kidder first met Dr. Farmer in Haiti. Kidder describes Dr. Farmer as a “big-shot” Boston doctor who has chosen to do humanitarian-type work in Haiti even though he could have an easy career as a lecturer back in Boston. Kidder realizes that Dr. Farmer is the atypical doctor who would rather get to know his patients as people and cares about their health holistically instead of just

I would characterize Paul Farmer as a servant leader. The definition for servant leader describes him to the fullest. To define servant leader is a set of practices that enriches the lives of individuals, builds better organizations and ultimately creates a more just and caring world. At the young age of 22, he was volunteering and serving in Haiti to the underprivileged people that could not afford medical help. Paul Farmer puts others first in many ways. Right after graduating from Duke University

through social and political injustices that are imposed on unprivileged populations or communities of the society. Some of the contributing factors into structural violence mentioned by Paul Farmer in “On Suffering and Structural Violence: A View from Below” are gender, ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Paul Farmer describes the social injustice and the political oppression in Haiti through the life stories of two young Haitians, Acephie and Chouchou. Acephie was a young poor woman who didn’t have

Introduction This paper provides an analysis of the work of Paul Farmer, and the members of Partners in Health exemplifies the three fields of medical anthropology (ecological-epidemiological, critical and interpretive). This paper hypothesizes that diseases can be caused by various factors while the other factors that are mentioned in this paper are associated with the cause. Ecological-epidemiological This is the approach in medical anthropology that analysis how the ecology or the natural environment