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Paul Farmer Quotes

Paul Farmer quotes about caring

American Educator October 26, 1959

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Paul Farmer quote: "I've been asked a lot for my view on American health care. ..."
I've been asked a lot for my view on American health care. Well, 'it would be a good idea,' to quote Gandhi. Paul Farmer
But if you're asking my opinion, I would argue that a social justice approach should be central to medicine and utilized to be central to public health. This could be very simple: the well should take care of the sick. Paul Farmer
If any country was a mine-shaft canary for the reintroduction of cholera, it was Haiti - and we knew it. And in retrospect, more should have been done to prepare for cholera... which can spread like wildfire in Haiti... This was a big rebuke to all of us working in public health and health care in Haiti. Paul Farmer
Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can't get medical care or clean water. Paul Farmer
So I can't show you how, exactly, health care is a basic human right. But what I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable. Paul Farmer
Anywhere you have extreme poverty and no national health insurance, no promise of health care regardless of social standing, that's where you see the sharp limitations of market-based health care. Paul Farmer
Paul Farmer quote: "It is very expensive to give bad medical care to poor people..."
It is very expensive to give bad medical care to poor people in a rich country. Paul Farmer
It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry is not, by any stretch of the imagination, doing enough to ensure that the poor have access to adequate medical care. Paul Farmer
I've been impressed, over the last 15 years, with how often the somewhat conspiratorial comments of Haitian villagers have been proven to be correct when the historical record is probed carefully. Paul Farmer
Paul Farmer quote: "I mean, everybody should have access to medical care. And, you..."
I mean, everybody should have access to medical care. And, you know, it shouldn't be such a big deal. Paul Farmer

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