Paul Farmer
Co-founder of Partners In Health, focused on infectious diseases in poor countries, said 'The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.'
Quotes by Paul Farmer
In medicine, as in life, the best outcomes come from accompaniment.
Structural violence is the violence of inequality.
We must listen to the voices of the afflicted, not just treat their symptoms.
Health care without justice is not health care.
The future of global health depends on our willingness to confront inequality head-on.
I've learned that people will forget what you said, but never how you made them feel.
Tuberculosis is a social disease, not just a medical one.
Primum non nocere applies to policies as much as to treatments.
In Haiti, I learned that hope is a form of resistance.
Doctors without borders? We need borders without doctors' neglect.
Equity in health is not a luxury; it's a necessity.
The measure of a society's soul is how it treats its most vulnerable.
AIDS doesn't kill; neglect does.
We are all diminished when any of us are denied basic rights.
Innovation without equity is just another form of exclusion.
Life's meaning is found in service to others.
The global south teaches us humility in medicine.
Politics is the art of making possible what is necessary.
Healing begins with hearing.
Charity is no substitute for justice.