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To repair the world : Paul Farmer speaks to the next generation / edited by Jonathan Weigel ; with a foreword by President Bill Clinton.

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"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. H...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Farmer, Paul, 1959-2022 (Author)
Other Authors: Weigel, Jonathan, 1986- (Editor)
Other title:Speeches. Selections.
Paul Farmer speaks to the next generation.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2013]
Series:California series in public anthropology.
Subjects:
Public health > Social aspects.
Public welfare.
Public health administration.
Public health > Citizen participation.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Reimagining Equity. General Anesthesia for the (Young Doctor's) Soul?: Brown Medical School, Commencement 2001
  • Epiphany, Metanoia, Praxis: Turning Road Angst into Hope-and Action: Boston College, Commencement 2005
  • Three Stories, Three Paradigms, and a Critique of Social Entrepreneurship: Skoll World Forum, Oxford University 2008
  • The Story of the Inhaler: College of the Holy Cross, Commencement 2012
  • Countering Failures of Imagination: Northwestern University, Commencement 2012
  • Part II. The Future of Medicine and the Big Picture. If you Take the Red Pill: Reflections on the Future of Medicine: Harvard Medical School, Class Day 2003
  • Medicine as a Vocation: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Commencement 2004
  • Haiti After the Earthquake: Harvard Medical School, Talks@Twelve Speaker Series 2010
  • The Tetanus Speech: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Commencement 2010
  • Part III. Health, Human Rights, and Unnatural Disasters. Global Health Equity and the Missing Weapons of Mass Salvation: Harvard School of Public Health, Commencement 2004
  • Making Public Health Matter: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Commencement 2006
  • Unnatural Disasters and the Right to Health Care: Tulane School of Medicine, Commencement 2008
  • Exploring the Adjacent Possible: Georgetown University, Commencement 2011
  • Part IV. Service, Solidarity, Social Justice. Who Stands Fast?: Union Theological Seminary, Union Medal Acceptance Speech 2006
  • Courage and Compassion in the Time of Guantánamo: Emory University, Commencement 2007
  • Spirituality and Justice: All Saints Parish (Brookline, MA), Spirituality and Justice Award Acceptance Speech 2008
  • Making Hope and History Rhyme: Princeton University, Commencement 2008
  • The Drum Major Instinct: Boston University, Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration 2009
  • Accompaniment as Policy: Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Commencement 2011.

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