The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.

The poorest parts of the world are by and large the places in which one can best view the worst of medicine and not because doctors in these countries have different ideas about what constitutes modern medicine. It's the system and its limitations that are to blame.

I would say that, intellectually, Catholicism had no more impact on me than did social theory.

But if you're asking my opinion, I would argue that a social justice approach should be central to medicine and utilized to be central to public health. This could be very simple: the well should take care of the sick.

I mean, everybody should have access to medical care. And, you know, it shouldn't be such a big deal.

I think, sometimes, that I'm going nuts, and that perhaps there is something good about blocking clean water for those who have none, making sure that illiterate children remain so, and preventing the resuscitation of the public health sector in the country most in need of it. Lunacy is what it is.

I critique market-based medicine not because I haven't seen its heights but because I've seen its depths.