Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues
- ISBN-10
- 0520229134
- ISBN-13
- 9780520229136
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 375
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-02-23
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Author
- Paul Farmer
Description
Argues that illnesses such as AIDS and drug-resistant tuberculosis, malaria, and typhoid target poor communities.
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