Awakening Hippocrates : a primer on health, poverty, and global service / Edward O'Neil, Jr. ; foreword by Paul Farmer

Author: O'Neil, Edward
Published: [Chicago Ill.] : American Medical Association, [2006]
Copyright Date: ©2006
Physical Description: xxxviii, 502 pages ; 23 cm

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Contents

Health, poverty, and structural violence -- The rise of health in the industrialized world -- Global repercussions : diffusion, the United Nations, and nongovernmental organizations -- Development and foreign aid : perceptions and realities of our beneficence, part I, bilateral aid -- Development and foreign aid : perceptions and realities of our beneficence, part II multilateral aid -- Forces of disparity I : private financial flows, trade, multinational corporations, and inequality -- Forces of disparity II : history, racism, governance, and militarism -- Forces of disparity III : children, sexism, population, nature, and infectious diseases -- Lessons from a plague : the history, scope, and politics of HIV/AIDS -- Ethics, human rights, and religion -- Thomas Anthony Dooley, MD -- Father Bill Fryda, MD -- Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, and Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD -- Peter Allen, DMD -- Thomas S. "doc" Durant, MD -- The life of Albert Schweitzer, MD -- Reverence for life : the compelling and timeless ideal of Albert Schweitzer, MD -- Appendix A, the Universal declaration of human rights -- Appendix B, UN millennium development goals.

Summary

"A comprehensive overview of the current state of world poverty and health, directed to the health care provider interested in volunteering abroad"--Provided by publisher.

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1579477720

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HHSL Kienle Collection

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [469]-487) and index.

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