Looking back at this first year of living in Haiti, Farmer would speak of the feeling that many things in his mind coalesced into a vision of his life's proper work. But, he'd insist, this happened in stages, not all at once. 'For me, it was a process, not an event. A slow awakening as opposed to an epiphany.' (查看原文)
"Do you know what appropriate technology means? It means good things for rich people and shit for the poor," the priest growled...Farmer got hold of a pamphlet about how to equip labs in third world places published by the World Health Organization. It made modest recommendations. You could make do with only one sink. If it wasn't easy to arrange for electricity, you could rely on solar power. A homemade solar-powered microscope would serve for most purposes. He threw the booklet away. The first microscope in Cange was a real one, which he stole from Harvard Medical School. "Redistributive justice," he'd later say. "We were just helping them not go to hell" (查看原文)
4 有用 不系舟 2019-03-07 20:06:23
“不要做我做的事情,而是做应该做的事情”
0 有用 兔叽 2024-03-14 11:53:44 山东
像以法默为代表的怀有理想的人致敬。这本书写了啥,美国做世界警察后给别国留下一地狼藉,拍屁股走人的现实景象。海地是这样现在的叙利亚等中东国家何尝不是一个又一个海地。MDR(多抗性结核病)艾滋、疟疾……政治引发战争,战争留下疾病与贫困。有使命感的人多一点,这个世界会不会变得更好?
0 有用 被灌醉的历行君 2022-05-05 20:59:25
法默的努力值得十星,也进一步激发我了解公共卫生的动力。把法默仅仅描述成圣人显然是一种“道德绑架”(我说得是字面意义上的),仿佛只有善良、纯净(甚至就差说是幼稚)的内心在支撑着其行动的身躯。在圣与善良背后,切实有着对于现实中的压迫于剥削的愤怒,以及对支撑这种压迫与剥削的社会现实和意识形态的深刻理解与批判。正是这些才让法默敢于去挑战主流观念和资源限制,撇开认为设定的预防/治疗界限或是资源总是有限的新自... 法默的努力值得十星,也进一步激发我了解公共卫生的动力。把法默仅仅描述成圣人显然是一种“道德绑架”(我说得是字面意义上的),仿佛只有善良、纯净(甚至就差说是幼稚)的内心在支撑着其行动的身躯。在圣与善良背后,切实有着对于现实中的压迫于剥削的愤怒,以及对支撑这种压迫与剥削的社会现实和意识形态的深刻理解与批判。正是这些才让法默敢于去挑战主流观念和资源限制,撇开认为设定的预防/治疗界限或是资源总是有限的新自由主义话术。故事中同样蕴含着悲剧的色彩,努力往往在“结构性暴力”的面前遭遇限度,治病救人却无法挽救海地人民的整体命运。但相比于太多袖手旁观的人,这样纵身投入的努力不是更值得纪念和尝试吗? (展开)
0 有用 半糖原味奶茶 2022-04-23 21:57:44
22-14 享有医疗服务是一项人权。 有的生命比较不重要,这个观念就是世界出问题的根源所在。 腰封上写:这个世界不够好,但总有人在让它变得更好。 法默医生持续一生持续为赤民服务,一年飞行数十万公里,教书行医,在海地建立现代诊所,在秘鲁研究与肺结核相关的MDR计划,在古巴促进公共卫生发展,在俄罗斯阻止了西伯利亚监狱结核病的暴发,为促成人类健康不停做计划写文章演讲……努力使贫富尝试联结,而且一视同仁。
0 有用 川贝炖雪梨 2022-03-19 21:37:27
致敬法默 希望有生之年也能做点能够让世界更美好的事情