Mountains Beyond Mountains
A doctor who believed the poor deserve the best medical care, and spent his life showing it could be delivered.
Tracy Kidder’s portrait of Paul Farmer, the doctor and anthropologist who co-founded Partners In Health. Kidder follows Farmer from his clinic in rural Haiti to Peru, Russia and Boston as he treats tuberculosis and AIDS among some of the world’s poorest people, and argues that they deserve the same care as anyone else.
Recommended by 1 Person
Cecile Richards
Everyone has to read this book. I guess I just picked it for anyone who hasn’t read it and if you’re a progressive and you’re trying to figure out what to do with your life. Tracy Kidder is a great writer so that doesn’t hurt, but Paul Farmer’s story, the story of one person who decides they want to change the world, is so compelling.
Interview · July 2011
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