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How AIDS Ends

An Anthology from San Francisco AIDS Foundation

by San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Timothy Ray Brown, Jeanne White Ginder, Cleve Jones, Barbara Lee, Paul Farmer, Robert Gallo, Diane Havlir, Eduardo Xol, Hank Plante, LZ Granderson, Mark Dybul, Mervyn Silverman, Scott Wiener, Neil Giuliano ...

When the history of HIV/AIDS is written, what will the final chapter look like? How AIDS Ends poses this question to 15 visionaries. We asked them to write history before it happens. The result is this first-of-its-kind anthology from San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Each author has been deeply touched by HIV/AIDS, and each is equally deeply committed to realizing the day when the disease is behind ... Read more

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When the history of HIV/AIDS is written, what will the final chapter look like? How AIDS Ends poses this question to 15 visionaries. We asked them to write history before it happens. The result is this first-of-its-kind anthology from San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Each author has been deeply touched by HIV/AIDS, and each is equally deeply committed to realizing the day when the disease is behind
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Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds

Ebola and the Ravages of History

by Paul Farmer ...

"Paul Farmer brings his considerable intellect, empathy, and expertise to bear in this powerful and deeply researched account of the Ebola outbreak that struck West Africa in 2014. It is hard to imagine a more timely or important book." —Bill and Melinda Gates"[The] history is as powerfully conveyed as it is tragic . . . Illuminating . . . Invaluable." —Steven Johnson, The New York Times Book ... Read more

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"Paul Farmer brings his considerable intellect, empathy, and expertise to bear in this powerful and deeply researched account of the Ebola outbreak that struck West Africa in 2014. It is hard to imagine a more timely or important book." —Bill and Melinda Gates"[The] history is as powerfully conveyed as it is tragic . . . Illuminating . . . Invaluable." —Steven Johnson, The New York Times Book
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Haiti After the Earthquake

by Paul Farmer ...

"Paul Farmer, doctor and aid worker, offers an inspiring insider's view of the relief effort." -- Financial Times"The book's greatest strength lies in its depiction of the post-quake chaos In the book's more analytical sections the author's diagnosis of the difficulties of reconstruction is sharp." -- Economist"A gripping, profoundly moving book, an urgent dispatch from the front by one of our ... Read more

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"Paul Farmer, doctor and aid worker, offers an inspiring insider's view of the relief effort." -- Financial Times"The book's greatest strength lies in its depiction of the post-quake chaos In the book's more analytical sections the author's diagnosis of the difficulties of reconstruction is sharp." -- Economist"A gripping, profoundly moving book, an urgent dispatch from the front by one of our
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How to Land a Top-Paying Child welfare directors Job: Your Complete Guide to Opportunities, Resumes and Cover Letters, Interviews, Salaries, Promotions, What to Expect From Recruiters and More

by Farmer Paul ...

For the first time, a book exists that compiles all the information candidates need to apply for their first Child welfare directors job, or to apply for a better job.What you'll find especially helpful are the worksheets. It is so much easier to write about a work experience using these outlines. It ensures that the narrative will follow a logical structure and reminds you not to leave out the ... Read more

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For the first time, a book exists that compiles all the information candidates need to apply for their first Child welfare directors job, or to apply for a better job.What you'll find especially helpful are the worksheets. It is so much easier to write about a work experience using these outlines. It ensures that the narrative will follow a logical structure and reminds you not to leave out the
... Read more
After the Miners’ Strike

A39 and Cornish Political Theatre versus Thatcher’s Britain: Volume 1

by Paul Farmer, Rebecca Hillman, Mark Kilburn ...

In this rich memoir, the first of two volumes, Paul Farmer traces the story of A39, the Cornish political theatre group he co-founded and ran from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. Farmer offers a unique insight into A39’s creation, operation, and artistic practice during a period of convulsive political and social change.The reader is plunged into the national miners’ strike and the collapse of ... Read more

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In this rich memoir, the first of two volumes, Paul Farmer traces the story of A39, the Cornish political theatre group he co-founded and ran from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. Farmer offers a unique insight into A39’s creation, operation, and artistic practice during a period of convulsive political and social change.The reader is plunged into the national miners’ strike and the collapse of
... Read more
Infections and Inequalities

The Modern Plagues

by Paul Farmer ...

Paul Farmer has battled AIDS in rural Haiti and deadly strains of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the slums of Peru. A physician-anthropologist with more than fifteen years in the field, Farmer writes from the front lines of the war against these modern plagues and shows why, even more than those of history, they target the poor. This "peculiarly modern inequality" that permeates AIDS, TB, malaria, ... Read more

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Paul Farmer has battled AIDS in rural Haiti and deadly strains of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the slums of Peru. A physician-anthropologist with more than fifteen years in the field, Farmer writes from the front lines of the war against these modern plagues and shows why, even more than those of history, they target the poor. This "peculiarly modern inequality" that permeates AIDS, TB, malaria,
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On That Day, Everybody Ate: One Woman's Story of Hope and Possibility in Haiti

by Paul Farmer ...

Following her husband s untimely death, Margaret Trost visited Haiti to heal her broken heart through service. Struggling to make sense of the extreme poverty and touched by the warmth and resilience of those she met, she partners with a local community and together they develop a program that now serves thousands of meals a week to those in need. On That Day, Everybody Ate tells the story of her ... Read more

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Following her husband s untimely death, Margaret Trost visited Haiti to heal her broken heart through service. Struggling to make sense of the extreme poverty and touched by the warmth and resilience of those she met, she partners with a local community and together they develop a program that now serves thousands of meals a week to those in need. On That Day, Everybody Ate tells the story of her
... Read more
AIDS and Accusation

Haiti and the Geography of Blame, Updated with a New Preface

by Paul Farmer ...

Does the scientific "theory" that HIV came to North America from Haiti stem from underlying attitudes of racism and ethnocentrism in the United States rather than from hard evidence? Award-winning author and anthropologist-physician Paul Farmer answers with this, the first full-length ethnographic study of AIDS in a poor society. First published in 1992 this new edition has been updated and a new ... Read more

$28.49 USD

Does the scientific "theory" that HIV came to North America from Haiti stem from underlying attitudes of racism and ethnocentrism in the United States rather than from hard evidence? Award-winning author and anthropologist-physician Paul Farmer answers with this, the first full-length ethnographic study of AIDS in a poor society. First published in 1992 this new edition has been updated and a new
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Power, Suffering, and the Struggle for Dignity

Human Rights Frameworks for Health and Why They Matter

by Alicia Ely Yamin, Paul Farmer ...

Series series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
Directed at a diverse audience of students, legal and public health practitioners, and anyone interested in understanding what human rights-based approaches (HRBAs) to health and development mean and why they matter, Power, Suffering, and the Struggle for Dignity provides a solid foundation for comprehending what a human rights framework implies and the potential for social transformation it ... Read more

$35.99 USD

Directed at a diverse audience of students, legal and public health practitioners, and anyone interested in understanding what human rights-based approaches (HRBAs) to health and development mean and why they matter, Power, Suffering, and the Struggle for Dignity provides a solid foundation for comprehending what a human rights framework implies and the potential for social transformation it
... Read more
3 Days to save a Legend

by Paul Farmer ...

As a child of the 70's……Nick loved Jailhouse Rock.What if Elvis hadn't died?It's 2010, he's in his forties and Nick is throwing everything he had into his new app. An adventure game where the player can use time travel to try to change history and he's sure it will be a hit. As he loads in important dates in history, something unexpected happens.He's gone back in time.August 13, 1977, Memphis, ... Read more

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As a child of the 70's……Nick loved Jailhouse Rock.What if Elvis hadn't died?It's 2010, he's in his forties and Nick is throwing everything he had into his new app. An adventure game where the player can use time travel to try to change history and he's sure it will be a hit. As he loads in important dates in history, something unexpected happens.He's gone back in time.August 13, 1977, Memphis,
... Read more
Unhealthy Health Policy

A Critical Anthropological Examination

by Cesar E. Abadia-Barrero, Francisco Armada, Hans A. Baer, Katherine Elaine Bliss, Philippe Bourgois, David Buchanan, Claudia Chaufan, Robbie E. Davis-Floyd, Alice Desclaux, Paul Farmer, Didier Fassin, Sarah Horton, Kristen M. Jacklin, Salmaan Keshavjee, Kaveh Khoshnoo, Cathy Hodge McCoid, Carles Muntaner, Joan E. Paluzzi, James Pfeiffer, Imrana Qadeer, Susan Shaw, Tom Stopka, Wei Teng, Graham A. Tobin, Fouzieyha Towghi, Nalini Visvanathan, William Wagner, Howard Waitzkin, Wayne Warry, Linda M. Whiteford, Cathleen Willging ...

This new collection turns a critical anthropological eye on the nature of health policy internationally. The authors reveal that in light of prevailing social inequalities, health policies may intend to protect public health, but in fact they often represent significant structural threats to the health and well being of the poor, ethnic minorities, women, and other subordinate groups. The volume ... Read more

$60.99 USD

This new collection turns a critical anthropological eye on the nature of health policy internationally. The authors reveal that in light of prevailing social inequalities, health policies may intend to protect public health, but in fact they often represent significant structural threats to the health and well being of the poor, ethnic minorities, women, and other subordinate groups. The volume
... Read more
Power, Suffering, and the Struggle for Dignity

Human Rights Frameworks for Health and Why They Matter

by Alicia Ely Yamin, Paul Farmer ...

Series series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
Directed at a diverse audience of students, legal and public health practitioners, and anyone interested in understanding what human rights-based approaches (HRBAs) to health and development mean and why they matter, Power, Suffering, and the Struggle for Dignity provides a solid foundation for comprehending what a human rights framework implies and the potential for social transformation it ... Read more

$28.79 USD

Directed at a diverse audience of students, legal and public health practitioners, and anyone interested in understanding what human rights-based approaches (HRBAs) to health and development mean and why they matter, Power, Suffering, and the Struggle for Dignity provides a solid foundation for comprehending what a human rights framework implies and the potential for social transformation it
... Read more

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After the Miners’ Strike

Infections and Inequalities

On That Day, Everybody Ate: One Woman's Story of Hope and Possibility in Haiti

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Power, Suffering, and the Struggle for Dignity

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