...In a world riven by inequity, medicine could be viewed as social justice work.

What I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable.

I've been asked a lot for my view on American health care. Well, 'it would be a good idea,' to quote Gandhi.

People call me a saint and I think, I have to work harder. Because a saint would be a great thing to be.

The human rights community has focused very narrowly on political and civil rights for many decades, and with reason, but now we have to ask how can we broaden the view.

For me, an area of moral clarity is: you're in front of someone who's suffering and you have the tools at your disposal to alleviate that suffering or even eradicate it, and you act.

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.