In the Company of the Poor: Conversations with Dr. Paul Farmer and Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez

By Paul Farmer, Gustavo Gutiérrez

Categories: Medical Books, Religion & Spirituality

In the Company of the Poor (2013) brings together Paul Farmer, the physician and co-founder of Partners In Health, and Gustavo Gutiérrez, the Peruvian priest and founder of liberation theology. Through essays and conversations, it shows how the idea of a preferential option for the poor shaped Farmer's medical work in Haiti, Rwanda and elsewhere. It was edited by Michael Griffin and Jennie Weiss Block.

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• Bill Gates: “Paul Farmer has 3 books recently - to Repair the World is very accessible. In the Company of the Poor is a harder read but also good.”