Book description
Praise for Public Health and Social Justice
"This compilation unifies ostensibly distant corners of our
broad discipline under the common pursuit of health as an achievable,
non-negotiable human right. It goes beyond analysis to impassioned
suggestions for moving closer to the vision of health equity."
Â-Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, Kolokotrones University Professor and
chair, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard
Medical School; co-founder, Partners In Health
"This superb book is the best work yet concerning the
relationships between public health and social justice."
Â-Howard Waitzkin, MD, PhD, Distinguished Professor Emeritus,
University of New Mexico
"This book gives public health professionals, researchers and
advocates the essential knowledge they need to capture the energy that
social justice brings to our enterprise."
Â-Nicholas Freudenberg, DrPH, Distinguished Professor of Public
Health, the City University of New York School of Public Health at
Hunter College
"The breadth of topics selected provides a strong overview of
social justice in medicine and public health for readers new to the topic."
Â-William Wiist, DHSc, MPH, MS, senior scientist and head,
Office of Health and Society Studies, Interdisciplinary Health Policy
Institute, Northern Arizona University
"This book is a tremendous contribution to the literature of
social justice and public health."
Â-Catherine Thomasson, MD, executive director, Physicians for
Social Responsibility
"This book will serve as an essential reference for students,
teachers and practitioners in the health and human services who are
committed to social responsibility."
Â-Shafik Dharamsi, PhD, faculty of medicine, University of
British Columbia
Martin T. Donohoe, MD, FACP is adjunct associate professor in
Community Health at Portland State University, practices internal
medicine, and is on the Social Justice Committee of Physicians for
Social Responsibility (PSR) and the Board of Advisors for Oregon PSR.
