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Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they cant get medical care or clean water. – Paul Farmer

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Haiti is always talking about decentralization and nothing has been so obvious, perhaps a weakness, as the centralized nature of Haitian society as being revealed by the earthquake. I mean, they lost all these medical training programs because they didnt have them anywhere else. – Paul Farmer

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Anywhere you have extreme poverty and no national health insurance, no promise of health care regardless of social standing, thats where you see the sharp limitations of market-based health care. – Paul Farmer

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Health
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You cant have public health without a public health system. We just dont want to be part of a mindless competition for resources. We want to build back capacity in the system. – Paul Farmer

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Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm. – Hippocrates

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The best way to reduce the cost of medical care is to reduce the illness. – Arlen Specter

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All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. Youd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are treating pregnant men. – Isaac Asimov

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Im a medical doctor and a biomedical scientist. – Steven Hatfill

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