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Infections and Inequalities
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Infections and Inequalities (1999) (edit title/settings)

The Modern Plagues

by Paul Farmer (Author) (edit contributors)

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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... read more

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As I prepared this book, an anonymous reviewer of an early draft suggested that, since the book reflects a personal journey, it should make explicit the itinerary taken.

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  1. Paul Farmer (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: July 13, 1999
ISBN: 0520215443
Page Count: 389

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Reading Level: Adults

Although advanced teens might enjoy the subject matter of this book, the writing quite technical.

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  1. disease, 
  2. haiti, 
  3. inequality, 
  4. medicine, 
  5. nonfiction, 
  6. poverty, 
  7. public health, 
  8. russia 

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