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From  NEW! Lianne Mantla-Look, BehchokoFrom: Book of Hope |
This chapter follows Lianne Mantla-Look, a Tłı̨chǫ nurse from Behchokǫ̀, through her 2015 stomach cancer diagnosis and surgery in Edmonton, Alberta. | Agnes R. Pascal | 5 | 2025 | $0.50 Add |
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From  "Life is Good Now" – Shepherd Bliss and Kokopelli FarmFrom: Field Excercises |
Readings in this book consist of case studies of programs that use outdoor activities such as farming and gardening to help veterans cope with PTSD and disability. This reading tells the story of … | Stephanie Westlund | 13 | 2014 | $1.30 Add |
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From  Living Beyond Symptoms of Severe and Persistent Anorexia NervosaFrom: About Face |
The readings in the third section of the book discuss food related mental illnesses including body dysmorphia and eating disorders. The readings in this section include firsthand accounts from … | Erika Hunzinger | 7 | 2019 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Living Conditions, Stress and the Human Body |
Chapter Two analyzes the social determinants of health and their effect on individual health outcomes, and discusses the importance of addressing these underlying factors rather than simply … | Dennis Raphael | 16 | 2024 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Living with a DisabilityFrom: Making a Home |
Powley reflects on what it is like to live with a disability. She discusses the need for group homes, ableism, accessible accommodation, and her own personal experiences living in Nova Scotia as … | Jen Powley | 32 | 2023 | $3.20 Add |
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From  Losing Me |
This chapter explores how caregivers lose some of themselves through the loss of their loved ones to dementia. | Brenda Wallace-Allen; Diane Tedford-Litle; Jeanette A. Auger | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
Losing me, While Losing YouCaregivers Share Their Experiences of Supporting Friends and Family with Dementia |
Losing Me, While Losing You is a long-needed resource to those providing care for people living with dementia — and for those providing care to the caregivers. In this book, caregivers … | 224 | View | ||
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From Ma Planche De SalutFrom: About Face |
The readings in the second section of the book discuss other forms of addictions that are not narcotics based. These include sex, video games, gambling and social media. The readings in this … | Richard Morin | 3 | 2019 | $0.30 Add |
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From Making a Case for Green Care in North AmericaFrom: Field Excercises |
Readings in this book consist of case studies of programs that use outdoor activities such as farming and gardening to help veterans cope with PTSD and disability. | Stephanie Westlund | 20 | 2014 | $2.00 Add |
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NEW! Making a HomeAssisted Living in the Community for Young Disabled People |
In some Canadian provinces, people with severe physical disabilities are simply warehoused in nursing homes, where many people, especially in the age of homecare, are in the final stages of their … | Jen Powley | 136 | 2023 | View |
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From  Making the Choice to Take Therapy OutsideFrom: Nature-Based Therapy |
Inclement weather such as high winds and rainstorms can also provide avenues for experiences of self-care, thriving outdoors, and, metaphorically, in dealing with life challenges and formidable forces. | David Segal; Kathryn Rose; Nevin Harper | 22 | 2019 | $2.20 Add |
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From  Malcolm Gladwell in Conversation with Rudyard GriffithsApril 9, 2020 From: The World After Covid |
Malcolm Gladwell and Rudyard Griffiths discuss Covid-19 and America’s response to it. Topics include social inequality, health care, ethics, human social behaviours, climate change, and … | Rudyard Griffiths | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From Males and Body Dysmorphic DisorderFrom Media Images to Anorexia and Bigarexia From: About Face |
The readings in the third section of the book discuss food related mental illnesses including body dysmorphia and eating disorders. The readings in this section include firsthand accounts from … | Naomi Perks | 8 | 2019 | $0.80 Add |
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From  Managing Dementia:Never a Dull Moment From: Pilgrim Souls |
Looks at the challenges of being a caregiver to someone with dementia, resources that helped him, dealing with hard truths in that those diagnosed will never get better, gives plans strategies … | Jim Lotz | 48 | 2013 | $4.80 Add |
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From  Manic Flight ReactionTrigger + Shunning From: Conflict Is Not Abuse |
This chapter discusses the contemporary concern with “triggers,” i.e., the moment of escalation, especially in sequence with shunning. The author looks at four diverse systems of … | Sarah Schulman | 28 | 2016 | $0.56 Add |
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From  Market-based Health Care in the United States and its Lessons for CanadaFrom: Medicare |
Analyzes the market-based health care system in the US and what Canada can learn from it. Concludes that The US experience has shown the world that, when you allow investor-owned for-profit … | Arnold S. Relman | 11 | 2007 | $1.10 Add |
