Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-487) and index.
Contents:
Health, poverty, and structural violence -- The rise of health in the industrialized world -- Global repercussions : diffusion, the United Nations, and nongovernmental organizations -- Development and foreign aid : perceptions and realities of our beneficence, part I, bilateral aid -- Development and foreign aid : perceptions and realities of our beneficence, part II multilateral aid -- Forces of disparity I : private financial flows, trade, multinational corporations, and inequality -- Forces of disparity II : history, racism, governance, and militarism -- Forces of disparity III : children, sexism, population, nature, and infectious diseases -- Lessons from a plague : the history, scope, and politics of HIV/AIDS -- Ethics, human rights, and religion -- Thomas Anthony Dooley, MD -- Father Bill Fryda, MD -- Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, and Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD -- Peter Allen, DMD -- Thomas S. "doc" Durant, MD -- The life of Albert Schweitzer, MD -- Reverence for life : the compelling and timeless ideal of Albert Schweitzer, MD -- Appendix A, the Universal declaration of human rights -- Appendix B, UN millennium development goals.
Summary:
"A comprehensive overview of the current state of world poverty and health, directed to the health care provider interested in volunteering abroad"--Provided by publisher.
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