Physician works to improve health care for everyone

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Paul Farmer, a physician, anthropologist and a world-renowned authority on tuberculosis treatment and control, is the founding director of Partners In Health that is an international organization that provides health care to those living in poverty. He discusses about his work in the medical field and believes that more doctors should work for global health equity.

Care and treatment, Tuberculosis, Farmer, Paul

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Spoonful of humor helps medicine go down

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A family physician in Maine, Douglas Farrago, makes use of his wit to make his physicians laugh and show them that they are not alone. He published 'Placebo Journal' that targets Health Maintenance Organization (HMO), medical liability insurers and pharmaceutical companies.

Pharmaceutical preparations, Health Maintenance Organizations, HMO Medical Centers, Hospital and medical service plans, Management, Pharmaceutical industry, Company business management, Farrago, Douglas

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