Medicine
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From ![]() A Poisoned Heroin Supply: The 2010s and 2020sFrom: Heroin |
This chapter examines the opioid crisis, the poisoned illegal drug supply, and the increase in illegal drug overdose deaths in Canada during the 2010s and 2020s. | Susan C. Boyd | 26 | 2022 | $2.60 Add |
![]() NEW! Country of PoxesThree Germs and the Taking of Territory |
Country of Poxes is the story of land theft in North America through three diseases: syphilis, smallpox and tuberculosis. These infectious diseases reveal that medical care, widely considered a … | Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay | 208 | 2022 | View |
From ![]() Curing the Heroin User with Jail: The 1940s and 50sFrom: Heroin |
This chapter discusses drug law enforcement in the 1940s and 1950s, examining statistics on narcotic use and convictions before World War 2 and the years following. The depiction of addicts in … | Susan C. Boyd | 19 | 2022 | $1.90 Add |
From ![]() Drugs, Colonialism and Criminalization: Pre-1900sFrom: Heroin |
This chapter discusses the medicinal history of opium pre 1900s, as well as the opium trade in the context of colonialism. Morphine, the banning of opiates, and the Indian act are also discussed. | Susan C. Boyd | 26 | 2022 | $2.60 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Fevers FutureHow We Respond to Infections to Come From: Country of Poxes |
Chapter 5 reflects on how prepared Canada is to respond to the future infectious diseases outbreaks to come. Discussing topics including the COVID-19 pandemic, contemporary medicine’s ties … | Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
From ![]() NEW! ForewordFrom: Country of Poxes |
Forward from Dr. Darlene Kitty. | Darlene Kitty | 3 | 2022 | $0.30 Add |
From ![]() Harm Reduction Comes to Canada: The 1980s and 1990sFrom: Heroin |
This chapter examines the introduction of harm reduction practices to Canada during the 1980s and 1990s. Grassroots harm reduction programs such as safe injection sites and legal programs such as … | Susan C. Boyd | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
![]() HeroinAn Illustrated History |
Heroin is an illustrated history of Canadian heroin regulation over two centuries. Susan Boyd points to our failure to address the overdose death epidemic caused by criminalizing drug users and … | Susan C. Boyd | 251 | 2022 | View |
From ![]() Heroin, Addiction and Harm ReductionFrom: Heroin |
In this chapter, Boyd introduces the origins and brief history of the drug heroin. Drug prohibition, criminalization, harm reduction, addiction, and the war on drugs are also discussed. | Susan C. Boyd | 26 | 2022 | $2.60 Add |
From ![]() Heroin Criminalization: The 1920s and 30sFrom: Heroin |
This chapter discusses the criminalization of heroin in the 1920s and 1930s. Emily Murphy’s role in creating a racialized and sexualized construction of drug use is examined, as well as the … | Susan C. Boyd | 15 | 2022 | $1.50 Add |
From ![]() Jail for Heroin Users Ramps Up: The 1950sFrom: Heroin |
This chapter explores the increase in convictions under the Opium and Narcotic Drug Act in the 1950s and discusses the Oakalla Prison Farm and the Mimico Reformatory in Ontario, where some … | Susan C. Boyd | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
From ![]() Legal Heroin: The 1950s, 1960s and 1970sFrom: Heroin |
This chapter examines the division between legal and illegal heroin during 1950s-1970s. The role of law enforcement and the pharmaceutical industry are explored, as well as the Narcotic Control … | Susan C. Boyd | 23 | 2022 | $2.30 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Oh Bondage, Up Yours!how the system got its power From: Bleed |
In this chapter, Lindeman examines how the power imbalance of the doctor-patient relationship and the feminization of "sick role" impact the medical care received by women and those … | Tracey Lindeman | 38 | 2023 | $3.80 Add |
From ![]() Our Drug Policy Is Killing People: Decriminalizing and Legalizing Heroin UseFrom: Heroin |
This chapter explores the process to decriminalize and legalize Heroin. The social movements for drug policy and drug law reform are discussed. | Susan C. Boyd | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Pandemics PastHow Infections Have Defined Humanity From: Country of Poxes |
Chapter 1 explores the history of infectious diseases in Canada and human coexistence with infection. Topics discussed include malaria, gene mutations, cystic fibrosis, cholera, antibiotics, … | Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
From ![]() NEW! SmallpoxFrom: Country of Poxes |
Chapter 3 examines the history of smallpox. Discussing topics includingsmallpox origins, early accounts of smallpox outbreaks across North America, the emergence of new mutations, … | Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay | 66 | 2022 | $6.60 Add |