Infections and Inequalities
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"Infections and Inequalities" is a seminal book by physician-anthropologist Paul Farmer that examines how poverty, social injustice, and global power imbalances shape the distribution and treatment of infectious diseases.
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| instanceOf |
book
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medical anthropology book → non-fiction book → |
| argues |
effective treatment requires addressing social and economic conditions
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global health policies often neglect the poorest patients → infectious diseases are distributed along lines of social inequality → poverty and marginalization increase vulnerability to infection → |
| author | Paul Farmer → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form: "United States"
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| critiques |
global health institutions that ignore structural causes of disease
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market-based approaches to health care → |
| emphasizes |
the importance of community-based care
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the moral obligation to treat the poor → the role of human rights in health → |
| field |
global health studies
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medical anthropology → public health → social medicine → |
| focusesOn |
case studies from Haiti
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case studies from Peru → case studies from Russia → case studies from the United States → global power imbalances in health policy → health care access in poor communities → impact of poverty on infectious disease → inequities in treatment of infectious diseases → structural violence in health → |
| genre | academic monograph → |
| hasInfluenced |
global health ethics debates
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policy discussions on tuberculosis treatment → social medicine education → |
| language | English → |
| mainSubject |
HIV/AIDS
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global health → health inequalities → infectious diseases → multidrug-resistant tuberculosis → poverty and disease → social determinants of health → social justice in health → tuberculosis → |
| notableFor |
advocacy for equitable access to advanced therapies
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detailed ethnographic case studies of patients with infectious diseases → linking clinical medicine with anthropological analysis → |
| publisher | University of California Press → |
| theoreticalFramework |
political economy of health
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social determinants of health → structural violence → |
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