《越过一山，又是一山》二十三岁时，保罗·法默就找到了他的人生目标：将现代医学带给最需要的人。
在医学院就读期间，法默花一半时间在海地行医，并以优异成绩获得了哈佛大学医学博士和人类学博士。
毕业后，他一年中有四个月在波士顿教书、看病，其他时间则往返于世界各地：
他在海地最贫穷的地区建起一座现代诊所，为赤贫中的人们提供医疗服务；他在秘鲁照顾结核和疟疾的病人；他在古巴促进公共卫生；他说服世卫组织和世界银行提供大量金钱，阻止了西伯利亚监狱结核病的爆发……他奔走于世界各地，不屈不挠地为穷人的医疗谋利。
法默医生的行动，是海地谚语“越过一山，又有一山”的真实写照——当你处理好一个问题，另一个问题也旋即出现。你要做的，唯有不断前行，步履不停。
作者简介
特雷西·基德尔（TracyKidder）：
1945年生于美国纽约，毕业于哈佛大学，曾在越南服役。
著有《新机器的灵魂》（TheSoulofaNewMachine）、《生命如歌》（StrengthinWhatRemains）等书，曾获普利茨奖、美国国家图书奖、肯尼迪图书奖、国际报告文学奖。
At the age of 23, Paul Farmer found his purpose in life: to bring modern medicine to those who need it most.
During medical school, Farmer spent half of his time practicing medicine in Haiti, earning a PhD in medicine and a PhD in anthropology from Harvard University with honors.
After graduation, he spent four months of the year teaching and seeing doctors in Boston, and the rest of the year shuttling around the world:
He built a modern clinic in one of the poorest parts of Haiti to provide medical care to people living in extreme poverty. He cared for tuberculosis and malaria patients in Peru; He promoted public health in Cuba; He convinced the World Health Organization and the World Bank to provide a lot of money to stop an outbreak of tuberculosis in Siberian prisons... He traveled around the world, relentlessly advocating for health care for the poor.
Dr. Farmer's actions are a true example of the Haitian proverb "over the hill, there is another mountain" - when you deal with one problem, another problem appears. All you have to do is keep moving, keep moving.
About the author
TracyKidder:
Born in New York in 1945, he graduated from Harvard University and served in Vietnam.
He is the author of books such as "TheSoulofaNewMachine" and "StrengthinWhatRemains" and has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Kennedy Book Award, and the International Reportage Prize.
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