Paul E Farmer

Summary

Affiliation: Harvard University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Scaling-up HIV treatment programmes in resource-limited settings: the rural Haiti experience
    Serena P Koenig
    Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
    AIDS 18:S21-5. 2004
  2. ncbi Can transnational research be ethical in the developing world?
    Paul Farmer
    Harvard Medical School and Partners In Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Lancet 360:1266. 2002
  3. ncbi Structural violence and clinical medicine
    Paul E Farmer
    Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
    PLoS Med 3:e449. 2006
  4. ncbi Surgery and global health: a view from beyond the OR
    Paul E Farmer
    Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    World J Surg 32:533-6. 2008
  5. ncbi Global health equity
    Paul E Farmer
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Lancet 363:1832. 2004
  6. ncbi Rethinking medical ethics: a view from below
    Paul Farmer
    Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change, 641 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115 USA
    Dev World Bioeth 4:17-41. 2004
  7. ncbi Unjust embargo of aid for Haiti
    Paul Farmer
    Zanmi Lasante, Cange, Haiti
    Lancet 361:420-3. 2003
  8. ncbi An information system and medical record to support HIV treatment in rural Haiti
    Hamish S F Fraser
    Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Social Medicine and Healthcare Inequalities, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    BMJ 329:1142-6. 2004
  9. ncbi Increasing access to surgical services for the poor in rural Haiti: surgery as a public good for public health
    Louise C Ivers
    Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 641 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    World J Surg 32:537-42. 2008
  10. ncbi Global AIDS: new challenges for health and human rights
    Paul Farmer
    The Maud and Lilian Presley Professor of Social Medicine, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Perspect Biol Med 48:10-6. 2005

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Publications37

  1. ncbi Scaling-up HIV treatment programmes in resource-limited settings: the rural Haiti experience
    Serena P Koenig
    Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
    AIDS 18:S21-5. 2004
    ....
  2. ncbi Can transnational research be ethical in the developing world?
    Paul Farmer
    Harvard Medical School and Partners In Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Lancet 360:1266. 2002
  3. ncbi Structural violence and clinical medicine
    Paul E Farmer
    Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
    PLoS Med 3:e449. 2006
  4. ncbi Surgery and global health: a view from beyond the OR
    Paul E Farmer
    Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    World J Surg 32:533-6. 2008
  5. ncbi Global health equity
    Paul E Farmer
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Lancet 363:1832. 2004
  6. ncbi Rethinking medical ethics: a view from below
    Paul Farmer
    Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change, 641 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115 USA
    Dev World Bioeth 4:17-41. 2004
    ..We conclude that medical ethics must grapple more persistently with the growing problem posed by the yawning 'outcome gap' between rich and poor...
  7. ncbi Unjust embargo of aid for Haiti
    Paul Farmer
    Zanmi Lasante, Cange, Haiti
    Lancet 361:420-3. 2003
  8. ncbi An information system and medical record to support HIV treatment in rural Haiti
    Hamish S F Fraser
    Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Social Medicine and Healthcare Inequalities, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    BMJ 329:1142-6. 2004
  9. ncbi Increasing access to surgical services for the poor in rural Haiti: surgery as a public good for public health
    Louise C Ivers
    Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 641 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    World J Surg 32:537-42. 2008
    ..There are numerous training, funding, and programmatic considerations, several of which are raised by considering the data from Haiti presented here...
  10. ncbi Global AIDS: new challenges for health and human rights
    Paul Farmer
    The Maud and Lilian Presley Professor of Social Medicine, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Perspect Biol Med 48:10-6. 2005
  11. ncbi Monitoring HIV treatment in developing countries
    Serena P Koenig
    Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 1620 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02120, USA
    BMJ 332:602-4. 2006
  12. ncbi Early outcomes of MDR-TB treatment in a high HIV-prevalence setting in Southern Africa
    Kwonjune J Seung
    Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 4:e7186. 2009
    ..Little is known about treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in high HIV-prevalence settings such as sub-Saharan Africa...
  13. ncbi Poverty, global health, and infectious disease: lessons from Haiti and Rwanda
    Marcella M Alsan
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Economics, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard University, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Infect Dis Clin North Am 25:611-22, ix. 2011
    ....
  14. ncbi Improving quality in resource poor settings: observational study from rural Rwanda
    Meera Kotagal
    Partners In Health, 888 Commonwealth Avenue, Third Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    BMJ 339:b3488. 2009
    ..In our setting, basic care processes, such monitoring vital signs, giving drugs, and laboratory testing, were performed unreliably, resulting in delays in treatment owing to lack of information needed for clinical decision making...
  15. ncbi High human immunodeficiency virus-free survival of infants born to human immunodeficiency virus-positive mothers in an integrated program to decrease child mortality in rural Rwanda
    Molly F Franke
    Partner In Health Inshuti Mu Buzima, Rwinkwavu, Rwanda
    Pediatr Infect Dis J 30:614-6. 2011
    ..The cumulative 12-month infant survival probability was 0.97 (95% confidence interval: 0.94-0.99). The cumulative 12- to 18-month HIV-free survival probability was 0.95 (confidence interval: 0.91-0.97)...
  16. ncbi Community-based therapy for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Lima, Peru
    Carole Mitnick
    Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    N Engl J Med 348:119-28. 2003
    ..We evaluated the results of community-based therapy for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in a poor section of Lima, Peru...
  17. ncbi Understanding and addressing AIDS-related stigma: from anthropological theory to clinical practice in Haiti
    Arachu Castro
    Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Public Health 95:53-9. 2005
    ..Rather than stigma, logistic and economic barriers determine who will access such services. Implications for scale-up of integrated AIDS prevention and care are explored...
  18. ncbi Integrated HIV prevention and care strengthens primary health care: lessons from rural Haiti
    David A Walton
    Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women s Hospital Partners In Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    J Public Health Policy 25:137-58. 2004
    ..We conclude that improving AIDS prevention and treatment can help to reinvigorate flagging efforts to promote universal primary health care...
  19. ncbi Whither equity in health? The state of the poor in Latin America
    Paul Farmer
    Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Cad Saude Publica 23:S7-12. 2007
  20. ncbi Expansion of cancer care and control in countries of low and middle income: a call to action
    Paul Farmer
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Lancet 376:1186-93. 2010
    ....
  21. ncbi New malaise: bioethics and human rights in the global era
    Paul Farmer
    Brigham and Woman's Hospital, Division of Infectious Disease, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    J Law Med Ethics 32:243-51, 190-1. 2004
    ..Here we call for a new focus on equity and human rights in bioethics...
  22. ncbi Political violence and public health in Haiti
    Paul Farmer
    Clinique Bon Sauveur, Cange, Haiti
    N Engl J Med 350:1483-6. 2004
  23. ncbi Limited good and limited vision: multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and global health policy
    Jim Yong Kim
    Harvard Medical School, 641, Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Soc Sci Med 61:847-59. 2005
    ....
  24. ncbi Community-based treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Lima, Peru: 7 years of experience
    Sonya Shin
    Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 1620 Tremont St 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02120 1613, USA
    Soc Sci Med 59:1529-39. 2004
    ..We describe the first such program and highlight the crucial components and most critical challenges to creating a successful community-based MDR-TB treatment program...
  25. ncbi Treatment of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Tomsk, Russia: a retrospective cohort study
    Salmaan Keshavjee
    Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Lancet 372:1403-9. 2008
    ..Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains that cause untreatable drug-resistant disease are a threat worldwide. We describe the treatment, management, and outcomes of patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Tomsk, Russia...
  26. ncbi Partners in pathology: a collaborative model to bring pathology to resource poor settings
    Joseph W Carlson
    Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Surg Pathol 34:118-23. 2010
    ....
  27. ncbi Partners: discernment and humanitarian efforts in settings of violence
    Nicole Gastineau Campos
    Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, Division of Infectious Disease, USA
    J Law Med Ethics 31:506-15. 2003
  28. ncbi Antiretroviral therapy in resource-poor settings. Decreasing barriers to access and promoting adherence
    Joia S Mukherjee
    Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 43:S123-6. 2006
    ..In addition, the neediest patients receive nutritional support. Following the description of the program is an approximation of the costs of these interventions and a discussion of their impact...
  29. ncbi Treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis during pregnancy: a report of 7 cases
    Sonya Shin
    Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Clin Infect Dis 36:996-1003. 2003
    ..In each of these 7 cases, excellent treatment outcomes were obtained for the women and their children. Under certain circumstances, MDR-TB can be successfully treated during pregnancy...
  30. ncbi Obstructed labor and caesarean delivery: the cost and benefit of surgical intervention
    Blake C Alkire
    Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 7:e34595. 2012
    ....
  31. ncbi Programmes and principles in treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
    Joia S Mukherjee
    Brigham and Women s Hospital, Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Boston, MA, USA
    Lancet 363:474-81. 2004
    ..As treatment of MDR-TB becomes increasingly available in resource-poor areas, where it is needed most, further clinical and operational research is urgently needed to guide clinicians in the management of this disease...
  32. ncbi Rethinking health and human rights: time for a paradigm shift
    Paul Farmer
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
    J Law Med Ethics 30:655-66. 2002
  33. ncbi Tungiasis in rural Haiti: a community-based response
    J Keith Joseph
    Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 1620 Tremont Street, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02120, USA
    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 100:970-4. 2006
    ..All superinfections were resolved. We concluded that community-based care can treat tungiasis effectively...
  34. ncbi Casualties: narrative and images of the war on Iraq
    Seiji Yamada
    University of Hawaii John A Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI 96813 5534, USA
    Int J Health Serv 36:401-15. 2006
    ..The suffering of the people of Iraq should spur a response from the health community to alleviate the situation and prevent unnecessary suffering...
  35. ncbi The pricing and procurement of antiretroviral drugs: an observational study of data from the Global Fund
    Ashwin Vasan
    Department of HIV AIDS, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Bull World Health Organ 84:393-8. 2006
    ..The price of ARVs has considerable implications for the sustainability of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) treatment in the developing world...
  36. ncbi International electives: maximizing the opportunity to learn and contribute
    Rajesh Gupta
    Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA
    MedGenMed 7:78. 2005
  37. ncbi Directly observed therapy for HIV antiretroviral therapy in an urban US setting
    Heidi L Behforouz
    J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 36:642-5. 2004