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The Department
How a Violent Government Bureaucracy Killed Hundreds and Hid the Evidence
Price:
CA$32.95
ISBN: 9780745349893
Pub Date: August 2024
Imprint: Pluto Press
A thoroughly researched exposé of the bureaucratic violence and hostility of the Department for Works and Pensions (DWP) over the last 30 years
By the Bedside of the Patient
Lessons for the Twenty-First-Century Physician
Price:
CA$37.95
ISBN: 9781469684093
Pub Date: August 2024
Imprint: University of North Carolina Press
In By the Bedside of the Patient, Nortin Hadler places current efforts to reform medical education--from the undergraduate level through residency programs and on to continuing medical education--in...
A History of Public Health in Alberta, 1919-2019
Price:
CA$42.99
ISBN: 9781773855455
Pub Date: July 2024
Imprint: University of Calgary Press
Public health is diffuse, divided, and poorly understood. As a policy and practice, public health promotes and protects people and communities. As a field of academic inquiry it provides deep insights...
The Third Net
The Hidden System of Migrant Health Care
Price:
CA$19.48
CA$38.95
ISBN: 9781479821563
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: New York University Press
Reveals the presence of an informal system of valuable support and care for marginalized migrantsThe United States? health care system not only consists of a formal safety net, but also an informal...
Constructing Health
How the Built Environment Enhances Your Mind's Health
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CA$75.00
ISBN: 9781487557225
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Illuminating how our brain and body engage with our surroundings, Constructing Health answers urgent questions about the role of architecture in creating and maintaining health.
Staying Human during Residency Training
How to Survive and Thrive after Medical School, Seventh Edition
Price:
CA$42.95
ISBN: 9781487555474
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
The seventh edition of Staying Human during Residency Training presents an invaluable how-to guide for learning, coping, surviving, and thriving as a medical trainee in both the US and Canada.
Breaking Canadians
Health Care, Advocacy, and the Toll of COVID-19
Price:
CA$27.95
ISBN: 9781487548124
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Bringing together physicians, health care workers, and community advocates from across the country, Breaking Canadians shares firsthand stories about the personal, professional, and political impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Your Health, Your Decisions
How to Work with Your Doctor to Become a Knowledge-Powered Patient
Price:
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9781469683584
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: University of North Carolina Press
In nearly every medical-decision-making encounter, the physician is at the center of the discussion, with the patient the recipient of the physician's decisions. Dr. Robert Alan McNutt starts from a...
Housing, Homelessness, and Social Policy in the Urban North
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CA$39.95
ISBN: 9781487552893
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
This book explores the myriad ways in which northern urban places foster new forms of community-building and social inclusion for people experiencing homelessness.
Substances, Welfare, and Social Relations
Breaking Stigma, Pursuing Hope
Price:
CA$36.95
ISBN: 9781487547530
Pub Date: November 2023
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Through rich and poignant stories and critical analysis of policy, this book sheds light on what it is like, and how it feels, to manage substance use while simultaneously on welfare.
Radical Health
Unwellness, Care, and Latinx Expressive Culture
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CA$35.95
ISBN: 9781478025252
Pub Date: October 2023
Imprint: Duke University Press
Julie Avril Minich examines Latinx artistic engagements with health politics to present alternate visions of health and wellbeing among the Latinx community.
Malicious Intent
Murder and the Perpetuation of Jim Crow Health Care
Price:
CA$37.95
ISBN: 9780826506139
Pub Date: October 2023
Imprint: Vanderbilt University Press
The story of America's health care failure, told through the life and suspicious death of doctor Jean Cowsert
A Healthy Future
Lessons from the Frontlines of a Crisis
Price:
CA$32.95
ISBN: 9780774880909
Pub Date: October 2023
Imprint: UBC Press
This riveting insider’s account of how the COVID-19 pandemic unfurled in one of Canada’s hardest-hit provinces draws on the lessons learned to provide a hopeful vision for building a healthier future.
Mad World
The Politics of Mental Health
Price:
CA$22.06
CA$25.95
ISBN: 9780745346717
Pub Date: July 2023
Imprint: Pluto Press
It's time to reclaim our mental health!
Black and Menopausal
Intimate Stories of Navigating the Change
Price:
CA$31.95
ISBN: 9781839973796
Pub Date: June 2023
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
This is an intimate, empowering collection of stories focussing on Black experiences of menopause. Each story centres lived experiences and contains contributions from a diverse range of people spanning various heritages, sexual orientations, gender identities, and ages allowing for a nuanced understanding of this rite of passage.
Dying Green
A Journey through End-of-Life Medicine in Search of Sustainable Health Care
Price:
CA$36.95
ISBN: 9781978832107
Pub Date: April 2023
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Dying Green considers the environmental costs of common healthcare practices, raising an urgent question: in striving to improve the health outcomes of individual patients, are we damaging human health on a global scale? Offering a comparative analysis of the care provided to terminally ill patients in different settings, it envisions a more sustainable approach to healthcare.
The Department
How a Violent Government Bureaucracy Killed Hundreds and Hid the Evidence
CA$32.95
ISBN: 9780745349893
Pub Date: August 2024
Imprint: Pluto Press
A thoroughly researched exposé of the bureaucratic violence and hostility of the Department for Works and Pensions (DWP) over the last 30 years
By the Bedside of the Patient
Lessons for the Twenty-First-Century Physician
CA$37.95
ISBN: 9781469684093
Pub Date: August 2024
Imprint: University of North Carolina Press
A History of Public Health in Alberta, 1919-2019
CA$42.99
ISBN: 9781773855455
Pub Date: July 2024
Imprint: University of Calgary Press
The Third Net
The Hidden System of Migrant Health Care
CA$19.48 CA$38.95
ISBN: 9781479821563
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: New York University Press
Constructing Health
How the Built Environment Enhances Your Mind's Health
CA$75.00
ISBN: 9781487557225
Pub Date: May 2024
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Staying Human during Residency Training
How to Survive and Thrive after Medical School, Seventh Edition
CA$42.95
ISBN: 9781487555474
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Breaking Canadians
Health Care, Advocacy, and the Toll of COVID-19
CA$27.95
ISBN: 9781487548124
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Your Health, Your Decisions
How to Work with Your Doctor to Become a Knowledge-Powered Patient
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9781469683584
Pub Date: March 2024
Imprint: University of North Carolina Press
Housing, Homelessness, and Social Policy in the Urban North
CA$39.95
ISBN: 9781487552893
Pub Date: January 2024
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
This book explores the myriad ways in which northern urban places foster new forms of community-building and social inclusion for people experiencing homelessness.
Substances, Welfare, and Social Relations
Breaking Stigma, Pursuing Hope
CA$36.95
ISBN: 9781487547530
Pub Date: November 2023
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Through rich and poignant stories and critical analysis of policy, this book sheds light on what it is like, and how it feels, to manage substance use while simultaneously on welfare.
Radical Health
Unwellness, Care, and Latinx Expressive Culture
CA$35.95
ISBN: 9781478025252
Pub Date: October 2023
Imprint: Duke University Press
Malicious Intent
Murder and the Perpetuation of Jim Crow Health Care
CA$37.95
ISBN: 9780826506139
Pub Date: October 2023
Imprint: Vanderbilt University Press
A Healthy Future
Lessons from the Frontlines of a Crisis
CA$32.95
ISBN: 9780774880909
Pub Date: October 2023
Imprint: UBC Press
Mad World
The Politics of Mental Health
CA$22.06 CA$25.95
ISBN: 9780745346717
Pub Date: July 2023
Imprint: Pluto Press
Black and Menopausal
Intimate Stories of Navigating the Change
CA$31.95
ISBN: 9781839973796
Pub Date: June 2023
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Dying Green
A Journey through End-of-Life Medicine in Search of Sustainable Health Care
CA$36.95
ISBN: 9781978832107
Pub Date: April 2023
Imprint: Rutgers University Press