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Profound and powerful, Mountains Beyond Mountains takes us from Harvard to Haiti, Peru, Cuba and Russia, as the charismatic but flawed genius Dr Paul Farmer challenges widely-held preconceptions about poverty and healthcare. As a medical student, Farmer found his life's calling: to cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine - so readily available in the developed world - to those who need them most. Beginning in Haiti, he tackles the conditions that contribute to so many unnecessary deaths with his trademark combination of world-class expertise, unlimited compassion, and the unstinting dedication of friends and colleagues. Tracy Kidder's magnificent and moving account shows how, from achieving this modest dream, one person can make a difference in solving global problems through a clear-eyed understanding of the interaction of politics, wealth, social systems and medicine.

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Book category Books in English Biography & True Stories Biography: general Biography: science, technology & medicine

• Full title: Mountains Beyond Mountains
• Author: Tracy Kidder
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336
• EAN: 9781846684319
• ISBN: 1846684315
• ID: 04278761
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Weight: 250 g
• Dimensions: 201 × 131 × 24 mm
• Date of publishing: 13. January 2011

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