To repair the world Paul Farmer speaks to the next generation / edited by Jonathan Weigel ; foreword by President Bill Clinton.

Author/creator Farmer, Paul
Other author Weigel, Jonathan, 1986-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, [2013]
Descriptionxxvii, 266 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Uniform titleSpeeches. Selections
Abstract "Here are highlights from Paul Farmers' speeches to a variety of audiences, from Princeton to Harvard to Notre Dame to Berkeley. Paul is a rock star of the academy who has a large following among many groups: students, doctors, general readers, activists, public health folks, professors. He is the pied piper of everyone who wants to change the world. Not only is he cofounder of Partners In Health,US Deputy Special Envoy to Haiti,head of social medicine at Harvard, but he's also a charming, humorous, engaging public speaker whose charisma is legend. In this book, conceived of as a graduation gift for students write large, Farmer addresses the challenges facing young people with a call for them to change the world and become activists"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 249-263).
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013002004
ISBN9780520275973 (hardback)

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