Mountains Beyond Mountains The Quest Of Dr. Paul Farmer A Man Who Would Cure The World

Description: NEW YORK Times Bestseller A masterpiece an astonishing book that will leave you questioning your own life and political views. US a Today If any one person can be given credit for transforming the medical establishment's thinking about health care for the destitute it is Paul Farmer . Mountains Beyond Mountains inspires discomforts and provokes. The New York Times (Best Books of the Year) In medical school Paul Farmer found his life's calling: to cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need them most. Tracy Kidder's magnificent account shows how one person can make a difference in solving global health problems through a clear - eyed understanding of the interaction of politics wealth social systems and disease. Profound and powerful Mountains Beyond Mountains takes us from Harvard to Haiti Peru Cuba and Russia as Farmer changes people's minds through his dedication to the philosophy that the only real nation is humanity. Winner OF THE Lettre Ulysses Award FOR THE ART OF Reportage This deluxe paperback edition includes a new Epilogue by the author
Title: Mountains Beyond Mountains The Quest Of Dr. Paul Farmer A Man Who Would Cure The World
Barcode: 9780812980554
Publication Date: 8/25/2009