Farmer, Paul, 1959-

Pathologies of power : health, human rights, and the new war on the poor / Paul Farmer ; with a foreword by Amartya Sen. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003. - xxiv, 402 p. ; 24 cm. - California series in public anthropology ; 4 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-378) and index.

Introduction: Bearing witness; On suffering and structural violence; Pestilence and restraint; Lessons from Chiapas; A plague on all our houses? -- One physician's perspective on human rights; Health, healing, and social justice; Listening for prophetic voices; Cruel and unusual; New malaise; Rethinking health and human rights -- Afterword.

978-0-520-24326-2


Estratificación social
Políticas Inclusivas
Discriminación en Atención Médica
Riesgos en la Salud Humana
Derechos Humanos

HM821 / .F37 2003

305 / F233p