Mountains Beyond Mountains.MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World is a non-fiction, biographical work by American writer Tracy Kidder. The story traces the life of noted physician and anthropologist Paul Farmer. : THE QUEST OF DR. PAUL FARMER Paul Farmer (born October 26, 1959) is an American anthropologist and physician, currently the Presley Professor of Medical Anthropology at Harvard University and an attending physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. , A MAN WHO WOULD CURE THE WORLD. Tracy Kidder Tracy Kidder (born November 12, 1945 in New York City) is an American author and Vietnam War veteran. Kidder may be best known, especially within the computing community, for his Pulitzer Prize-winning The Soul of a New Machine . 2003. Read by Paul Michael. 7-1.5 hour tapes. Books on Tape. 0-7366-9500-1. $64.00. Vinyl; content notes, SA * The health of the world's poor obsesses Dr. Paul Farmer, a Harvard-educated physician (degrees in medicine and anthropology) who, since 1982, has focused on rural Haitians. Farmer is both a hands-on infectious disease Infectious disease A pathological condition spread among biological species. Infectious diseases, although varied in their effects, are always associated with viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, multicellular parasites and aberrant proteins known as prions. specialist who will walk a day through difficult terrain to check on a patient in a tin-roofed hut and a visionary who has inspired hundreds of persons to become involved beyond themselves. He has received significant recognition, including the MacArthur Genius Award. Tracy Kidder, himself a winner of the Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prize Any of a series of annual prizes awarded by Columbia University for outstanding public service and achievement in American journalism, letters, and music. Fellowships are also awarded. and the National Book Award, accompanied Farmer from Massachusetts to visits to Haitian poor to his other working sites: Peru's slums, Russia's tuberculosis-ridden prisons, and Cuba, which provides impressive medical care despite a poor economy. Kidder looks at Farmer's personal life, quirky personality, and work methods as he engages the fight in what Kidder suspects may ultimately be "the long defeat." Farmer, with the help of philanthropists and his organization Partners in Health, has taken on HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. , tuberculosis resistant to first-line drugs, and the high prices of the pharmaceutical companies. Michael projects a forceful reading style; he invites listeners to become with him a believer in Farmer and his goals. An excellent choice for schools, universities, and charitable groups. Edna Boardman, Bismarck, ND |
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