Quote by Paul Farmer on Human Rights and Healthcare

„If access to health care is considered a human right, who is considered human enough to have that right?“

Dr. Paul Edward FarmerPaul Farmer's quote critically addresses the right to healthcare and its universal validity.
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Dr. Paul Edward Farmer was an American medical anthropologist and physician.

The quote questions the universal accessibility of healthcare as a human right.


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Quote by Paul Farmer asking who is considered human enough to have the right to healthcare

Dr. Paul Edward Farmer was an American medical anthropologist and physician. He earned his doctorate at Harvard University and served there as a professor and head of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His work focused on global health and social justice in medicine.

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