Home & Community Care
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From  Rat ParkFrom: Fighting For Space |
This chapter highlights the research done by experimental psychologists since the 1960s in the addiction studies. Taking Skinner’s Box and juxta positioning it against the Rat Park … | Travis Lupick | 23 | 2017 | $0.46 Add |
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From  RespiteFrom: The Accidental Caregiver |
In this chapter, Fraser examines how Canadian respite care fails to meet the needs of family caregivers. | Kimberly Fraser | 12 | 2022 | $1.20 Add |
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From Sacramento, CaliforniaFrom: Fighting For Space |
This chapter throws light on “Othersite”, a supervised injection site, operating in Sacramento, California. | Travis Lupick | 18 | 2017 | $0.18 Add |
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From  Sara’s StoryFrom: The Doctors We Need |
In this chapter, Sanfilippo follows Sara, a 65-year-old immigrant to Canada, who battles infective endocarditis after years without a family physician. | Anthony Sanfilippo | 10 | 2024 | $1.00 Add |
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From Seattle, WashingtonFrom: Fighting For Space |
In 2017, Seattle follows Vancouver’s example of harm reduction, to launch "Safer is better" campaign. | Travis Lupick | 19 | 2017 | $0.19 Add |
The Accidental CaregiverWisdom and guidance for the unexpected challenges of family caregivers |
Estimates suggest almost half of the adult population will someday be a caregiver, whether for an aging parent, an ailing partner, or a disabled family member. It is a role that tends to fall on … | Kimberly Fraser | 241 | 2022 | View |
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From  NEW! The AnswerFrom: Making a Home |
This chapter examines potential housing solutions for young people with disabilities. Independent living philosophy vs medical model is explored, and Powley discusses her own experience with … | Jen Powley | 59 | 2023 | $5.90 Add |
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From “The Assassination”From: Fighting For Space |
Citing financial mismanagement, BCs provincial government removed Townsend, Evans, and the entire leadership of the Portland Hotel Society. The organization was stripped of its autonomy, and the … | Travis Lupick | 25 | 2017 | $0.50 Add |
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From The Contemporary PhysicianFrom: The Doctors We Need |
In this chapter, Sanfilippo traces the transformation of the family physician’s role in Canada from the mid-twentieth century to the present, using the contrasting stories of Maria and … | Anthony Sanfilippo | 14 | 2024 | $1.40 Add |
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From The Hair SalonFrom: Fighting For Space |
Despite the non-support of the sitting mayor of Vancouver, VANDU and PHS members persevered with a single-mindedness – to open a supervised injection site for the drug users of Downtown … | Travis Lupick | 28 | 2017 | $0.56 Add |
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From  The Health Consequences of COVID-19From: We Are Not Okay |
In this chapter, Chin examines the long-term health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada and the United States from 2020 through 2023. | Dr. Elaine Chin | 16 | 2023 | $1.60 Add |
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From The Killing FieldsFrom: Fighting For Space |
By the late 1990s, drug overdoses, HIV/AIDS, and an outbreak of hepatitis C were collectively killing more than one person in the Downtown Eastside every single day. Desperate for attention from … | Travis Lupick | 28 | 2017 | $0.56 Add |
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From The Long, Narrow PathFrom: The Doctors We Need |
In this chapter, Sanfilippo examines the evolution of Canadian medical education and the growing shortage of community-based family physicians. | Anthony Sanfilippo | 6 | 2024 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! The ProblemFrom: Making a Home |
In this chapter, Powley discusses the many young people with disabilities who are placed in aged care facilities and how this impacts their mental health and social needs. Powley discusses the … | Jen Powley | 28 | 2023 | $2.80 Add |
