Canada

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About Canada: Health and Illness
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About Canada: Health and Illness

Third Edition

The third edition of Health and Illness shows how inequitable distribution of the social determinants of health are determined by public policy decisions. Dennis Raphael updates … 288 View
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Academic health science centres

Academic health science centres

research, money, controversies, conflict of interest and independence

From: Doctors in Denial

Describes and analyzes the money received by academic health science centres from the pharmaceutical industry for research and the conflicts that this money may create. 32 $3.20 Add
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Aging Well

Aging Well

Strategies for Wellbeing Among Older Women in a “Restructuring” Ontario.

From: Care and Consequences

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“And Then There Were None”

“And Then There Were None”

An Experience in Building an Integrated Health Service among the Chippewas of Georgina Island

From: Care and Consequences

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Calling the shots
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Calling the shots

Canada’s Big Pharma-first response to COVID-19

From: The Trudeau Record

This chapter discusses the Trudeau government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. 14 $1.40 Add
Care and Consequences

Care and Consequences

The Impact of Health Care Reform

Over the past decade health care in Canada has shifted from a cure-care model to a business model. Disguised behind talk of community, care closer to home, consumer choice, patient rights, … 325 View
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COVID-19 and the Social Determinants of Health
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COVID-19 and the Social Determinants of Health

From: About Canada: Health and Illness

Chapter Seven considers the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the social determinants of health in Canada, highlighting how the pandemic exacerbated existing health inequities and … 18 $1.80 Add
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Dissolving, Dividing, Distressing

Dissolving, Dividing, Distressing

Examining Cutbacks to Programs Responding to Sexual Violation

From: Care and Consequences

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Drugs
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Drugs

Regulatory Capture and the Disabling of Drug Safety at Health Canada

From: Corporate Rules

In this chapter, Michèle Brill-Edwards provides a behind-the-scenes look at how the Canadian government has quietly disabled the safety system for drugs in Canada. The Food and Drugs Act … 23 $2.30 Add
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Early Child Development, Food Security and Housing
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Early Child Development, Food Security and Housing

From: About Canada: Health and Illness

Chapter Four details the social determinants of health, for example early childhood development, food security, public policy, and housing highlighting the significant impact of these factors on … 26 $2.60 Add
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Federalism in the Twenty-First Century, 2003–2017

Federalism in the Twenty-First Century, 2003–2017

From: Rivals for Power: Ottawa and the Provinces

Discusses developments in the Canadian federation and relations between Ottawa and the provinces from 2003 to 2017 with focus on health care and environmental concerns. 28 $2.80 Add
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Forget Reform-We Need a Revolution!

Forget Reform-We Need a Revolution!

Better Health for Canadian Women through Holistic Care

From: Care and Consequences

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Home Care Before and After Reform

Home Care Before and After Reform

A Comparative Analysis of Two Texas-in-Action

From: Care and Consequences

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Immigration and "Medical Manpower"
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Immigration and "Medical Manpower"

1968 and the Awkward Introduction of Medicare in Canada

From: 1968 in Canada

The year 1968 witnessed the launch of medicare, a public program so important that 50 years later many Canadians identify universal health insurance as a defining feature of our national … 17 $1.70 Add
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Income, Work and Education
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Income, Work and Education

From: About Canada: Health and Illness

Chapter Three discusses the relationship between income, employment, education, and health outcomes in Canada, highlighting the significant impact of economic factors on health and the growing … 36 $3.60 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

Doctors in denial: welcome to the comfort zone

From: Doctors in Denial

Provides an overview of the medical industry in Canada paying particular attention to the influence of the pharmaceutical industry. Outlines and examines critically the different opinions … 14 $1.40 Add