5 Top nonfiction books like Partner to the Poor: A Paul Farmer Reader (Volume 23) by Paul Farmer

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Partner to the Poor: A Paul Farmer Reader (Volume 23)

By: Paul Farmer

4.35

Format: 680 pages, Paperback

For nearly thirty years, anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer has traveled to some of the most …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Partner to the Poor: A Paul Farmer Reader (Volume 23) by Paul Farmer , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

By: Atul Gawande

4.49

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

In Being Mortal, author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine … read more

Similar categories in Atul Gawande's Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End book and Paul Farmer's Partner to the Poor: A Paul Farmer Reader (Volume 23)

  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • health
"Endings matter, not just for the person but, perhaps even more, for the ones left behind."

-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

"Life is choices, and they are relentless. No sooner have you made one choice than another is upon you."

-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

"Death, of course, is not a failure. Death is normal. Death may be the enemy, but it is also the natural order of things."

-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

"He moved his line in the sand. This is what it means to have autonomy -- you may not control life's circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with …"

-Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

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2. The House of God

By: John Updike , Samuel Shem

2.67

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

The hilarious novel of the healing arts that reveals everything your doctor never wanted you to kno… read more

Similar categories in John Updike's The House of God book and Paul Farmer's Partner to the Poor: A Paul Farmer Reader (Volume 23)

  • medical
  • medicine

3. Jayber Crow

By: Wendell Berry

3.95

Format: 253 pages,

From the simple setting of his own barber shop, Jayber Crow, orphan, seminarian, and native of Port… read more

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4. Beloved

By: Toni Morrison

4.24

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a … read more

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5. Homegoing

By: Yaa Gyasi

4.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A novel of breathtaking sweep and emotional power that traces three hundred years in Ghana and alon… read more

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6. Dare to Lead

By: Brené Brown

4.18

Format: 332 pages, ebook

In her #1 NYT bestsellers, Brené Brown taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong and bra… read more

Similar categories in Brené Brown's Dare to Lead book and Paul Farmer's Partner to the Poor: A Paul Farmer Reader (Volume 23)

  • nonfiction
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7. Epidemic Illusions: On the Coloniality of Global Public Health

By: Eugene T. Richardson

4.39

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

A physician-anthropologist explores how public health practices--from epidemiological modeling to o… read more

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  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • anthropology
  • health
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8. Blind Spot: How Neoliberalism Infiltrated Global Health (Volume 30) (California Series in Public Anthropology)

By: Salmaan Keshavjee

4.19

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Neoliberalism has been the defining paradigm in global health since the latter part of the twentiet… read more

Similar categories in Salmaan Keshavjee's Blind Spot: How Neoliberalism Infiltrated Global Health (Volume 30) (California Series in Public Anthropology) book and Paul Farmer's Partner to the Poor: A Paul Farmer Reader (Volume 23)

  • medicine
  • nonfiction
  • anthropology
  • health
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9. Partner to the Poor: A Paul Farmer Reader (Volume 23)

By: Paul Farmer

4.35

Format: 680 pages, Paperback

For nearly thirty years, anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer has traveled to some of the most … read more

Similar categories in Paul Farmer's Partner to the Poor: A Paul Farmer Reader (Volume 23) book and Paul Farmer's Partner to the Poor: A Paul Farmer Reader (Volume 23)

  • biography
  • school
  • health
  • medical
  • politics
  • medicine
  • anthologies
  • nonfiction
  • international development
  • anthropology

5 Best medicine books like Partner to the Poor: A Paul Farmer Reader (Volume 23) by Paul Farmer

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Atul Gawande

4.49

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The House of God

John Updike , Samuel Shem

2.67

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Epidemic Illusions: On the Coloniality of Global Public Health

Eugene T. Richardson

4.39

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Blind Spot: How Neoliberalism Infiltrated Global Health (Volume 30) (California Series in Public Anthropology)

Salmaan Keshavjee

4.19

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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

Walter Rodney , Vincent Harding

4.42

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Orientalism

None , Edward W. Said

4.12

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Women, Race & Class

Angela Y. Davis

4.58

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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World

Tracy Kidder

4.19

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