Dr. Joia Mukherjee, Medical Director of Partners in Health, and Tracy Kidder, author of "Mountains Beyond Mountains" spoke to the first year medical school class at the University of Minnesota today. If you have not read the book, stop reading this blog and pick up a copy because it will change the way you think about health inequalities.
Joia's response to my fellow med student's comment, "What can we do?" She said, "Study a lot and become very good doctors and read." I want to start reading more. I take the bus to school and now that I'm finished reading Kidder I'm going to pick up a few of the recommended books by our speakers.
Book List per speakers:
On Haiti:
1. Women, Poverty, and AIDS by Paul Farmer
2. The Black Jacobins by CLR James
On Africa:
1. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
2. King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
3. Bury the Chains by Adam Hochschild
4. ? Old South Africa book describing labor laws and coal mines that paved the way for the HIV/AIDS epidemic decades later
Other:
1. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
2. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
3. A Woman in a Shaman's Body by Barbara Tedlock
Any other recommendations, please leave a comment. Thanks
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
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