Benjamin Paul was an anthropologist who studied how culture affects the response to health programs.
Dr. Benjamin David Paul (January 25, 1911—May 24, 2005) was born in Manhattan and received his Ph. D. from the University of Chicago. While teaching at Harvard he edited the influential Health, Culture and Community (1955), which advocated for close analysis and empathy of cultures receiving Western aid. Dr. Paul started teaching at Stanford in 1963, and his 1988 book The Operation of a Death Squad in San Pedro La Laguna explored the pressures that a military dictatorship brought upon residents of a Guatemala highlands village.
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Culture And Communication
Friday, April 30, 1954
An all-star panel discusses education and practices in different societies.
