Question

Identify the actions that show how dr. paul farmer's expertise in both medicine and social science influence his work.

Answer 1

Paul Edward Farmer, professionally an anthropologist and physician, providing medical treatment and care to the people who cannot afford it in private centers.

Dr. Paul is co-founder of Partners in Health (PIH) since 1987, serving medical facilities to the underprivileged people with his team and has received many awards for his continuous efforts for poor people.

He is a recipient of Honorary Doctor of Laws, Humanism in Medicine, and Outstanding International Physician (Nathan Davis) Award etc. He has also received the title as ‘the man who would cure the world’.

Answer 2

The actions that show how dr. Paul Farmer's expertise in both medicine and social science influence his work were spearheading a community based treatment among the less fortunate individuals in different parts of the U.S. and other countries in order to deliver quality treatment to the patients without much expenditures from the them. This action alone showed how his expertise in both fields influenced his work because first of all he determined what kind of patients he is going to handle whether they are financially capable or not and inspite of their financial lack he still opted to deliver quality treatment to them. Another action that showed the influence of both fields in his work was when he wrote about health and human rights. This is all about the inequalities in the distribution of health care among those with infectious diseases. One can not write about human rights and inequalities in society if you do not have any inkling of social science.