Infections and inequalities (Record no. 68069)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780520229136 |
| 028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME | |
| Distributor Name | : Brijwasi Book Distributors |
| Distributor address | : H-87, Lalita Park, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi |
| Bill Number | : BW/000552 |
| Bill Date | : 7/5/2026 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 306.461 FAR |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Farmer, Paul. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Infections and inequalities |
| Remainder of title | : the modern plagues. |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | / Paul Farmer. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Berkeley |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | : University of California Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | , 1999. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 375 p. |
| Dimensions | :24 cm. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price amount | 1933 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Paul Farmer has battled AIDS in rural Haiti and deadly strains of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the slums of Peru. A physician-anthropologist with more than fifteen years in the field, Farmer writes from the front lines of the war against these modern plagues and shows why, even more than those of history, they target the poor. This "peculiarly modern inequality" that permeates AIDS, TB, malaria, and typhoid in the modern world, and that feeds emerging (or re-emerging) infectious diseases such as Ebola and cholera, is laid bare in Farmer's harrowing stories of sickness and suffering.<br/><br/>Challenging the accepted methodologies of epidemiology and international health, he points out that most current explanatory strategies, from "cost-effectiveness" to patient "noncompliance," inevitably lead to blaming the victims. In reality, larger forces, global as well as local, determine why some people are sick and others are shielded from risk. Yet this moving account is far from a hopeless inventory of insoluble problems. Farmer writes of what can be done in the face of seemingly overwhelming odds, by physicians determined to treat those in need. Infections and Inequalities weds meticulous scholarship with a passion for solutionsremedies for the plagues of the poor and the social maladies that have sustained them. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Culture & institutions |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Health and hygiene |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Week Health |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Paul Farmer |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Not For Loan | SNU LIBRARY | SNU LIBRARY | 14/05/2026 | Brijwasi Book Distributors | 1933.00 | 306.461 FAR | 31507 | 14/05/2026 | 14/05/2026 | Books |
