To repair the world Paul Farmer speaks to the next generation /

"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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Main Author: Farmer, Paul, 1959-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Weigel, Jonathan, 1986-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:xxvii, 266 p.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.