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Friday, May 3, 2013

Diane Rehm: "To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation"


Dr. Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners In Health, an organization that builds hospitals and provides heathcare to countries afflicted by poor health conditions, attends to one of his patients in rural Haiti.  - (PRNewsFoto/Austin College)
Dr. Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners In Health, an organization that builds hospitals and provides heathcare to countries afflicted by poor health conditions, attends to one of his patients in rural Haiti (PRNewsFoto/Austin College)

Alan: Good friend Kim Walsh M.D. introduced me to Dr. Paul Farmer by giving me his biography for a birthday present. "Mountains Beyond Mountains." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountains_Beyond_Mountains

Audio File and Comments at http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-05-01/paul-farmer-repair-world-paul-farmer-speaks-next-generation
Diane speaks with renowned physician and social activist Paul Farmer. In his latest book, he encourages young people to tackle the greatest challenges of our times, from global health and poverty to climate change.

Guests

Paul Farmer 
co-founder of Partners in Health and chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Read An Excerpt

Excerpt from "To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation" by Paul Farmer. Copyright 2013 by Paul Farmer. Reprinted here by permission of University of California Press . All rights reserved.

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