Not All of Us Are Saints: A Doctor’s Journey With the Poor

In 1983, Dr. David Hilfiker left his practice in rural Minnesota and began to practice poverty medicine in a ravaged community not far from the White House. Fascinating and deeply affecting, this is his elegantly written true story of that time. Previously published by Hill and Wang.

Dr.David Hilfiker, MD is the author of Not All of Us Are Saints: A Doctor’s Journey with the Poor. Dr. Hilfiker graduated from Yale College and the University of Minnesota Medical School. Hilfiker and his family helped found Christ House, a medical recovery shelter for homeless men. He also founded Joseph’s House, a home and community for formerly homeless men with AIDS. He practiced medicine as a board certified family practitioner from 1975 to 1982, and now lives in Washington, DC.