I just finished reading Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure The World. I cannot recommend this book highly enough — it’s a must-read. Kidder is a former Pulitzer Prize winner, and Farmer makes for a fascinating, inspiring, and moving story. I was vaguely familiar with Farmer and knew that he was influential in public health circles, thanks mainly to my advisor, a medical sociologist, mentioning him on occasion. But I had no idea what a massive force he is.
I was preparing to outline Farmer’s basic story here when I came across a 60 Minutes piece on him from earlier this month. Watch the video below (the transcript, video, and additional photos are here, in case the video does not appear below), check out a recent PBS piece on Farmer, and consider supporting Partners In Health, the organization he co-founded.
I will post soon on how Farmer’s work relates to public sociology.
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Wow, what a great story! Thanks.
I’ve started reading this on your recommendation – so far so good. Makes me think that I’m more or less wasting my life, but I suppose this is part of the point..