Abstract
On a dry, hot Friday afternoon in January 2010 in northern Uganda, medical students from Uganda, Holland, and the United States gathered in a large circle and reflected on Paul Farmer’s bookPathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor(2005). Excitedly, the students shared inspirations, critiques, and real-life experiences in response to the issues raised by the book. One Ugandan student, captivated by the concept of structural violence, expressed how he had seen corruption, gender inequality, and poor governance ruin the lives of sick patients, but he had not previously known what to call