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From ![]() Shrinking Body shrinking VoiceOne Person’s Journey through Anorexia 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 … | Angela Rinaldis | 7 | 2019 | $0.70 Add |
![]() Sick and TiredHealth and Safety Inequalities |
Bringing together a multidisciplinary group of experts from the fields of labour studies, public health, ergonomics, epidemiology, sociology and law, Sick and Tired examines the … | 203 | View | ||
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From ![]() NEW! SixFrom: Holden After & Before |
Tara McGuire | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add | |
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From ![]() NEW! SixteenFrom: Holden After & Before |
Tara McGuire | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add | |
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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 |
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From ![]() NEW! Social Exclusion |
Chapter Five unpacks the concept of social exclusion and its relationship to health outcomes in Canada, highlighting the experiences of marginalized groups such as Indigenous Peoples, people of … | Dennis Raphael | 30 | 2024 | $3.00 Add |
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From ![]() SOS Medicare:A (Cautionary) Tale of Two Conferences From: Medicare |
Discusses the 2 SOS Medicare Conferences and the importance of Public Health | Douglas; Shirley | 8 | 2007 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() Sowing Seeds from My Ancestors, Planting Seeds for My DescendantsInterview with Sean Saifa Wall From: The Care We Dream Of |
The author inverviews Sean Saifa Wall, a Black queer intersex activist, visual artist, and rising scholar. Saifa is committed to racial equity and a radical vision of bodily autonomy for intersex … | Zena Sharman | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Statement: End the Repression in Canada’s Health SectorFrom: Razing Palestine |
Authored by the Health Workers Alliance for Palestine, this chapter examines the destruction of Gaza’s health system since October 2023 alongside the targeting of Canadian health workers … | 13 | 2025 | $1.30 Add | |
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From ![]() Styles of Rationing Health Care:The United States vs. Canada From: Medicare |
Looks at the erosion of the faith in US Health Care, Cost and Quality of US Health Care, a snapshot of Canada’s Health Care system, advantages and disadvantages of Singly-payer health care … | Uwe E. Reinhardt | 20 | 2007 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() Substance Use and AbuseThe Role that Drugs and Alcohol Play in the Lives of Criminalized Women From: About Face |
The readings in the fourth section of the book covers the contemporary discourse surrounding addiction in Canada, and outlines a variety of possible paths forward for combatting addiction. | Jane Barker; Scharie Tavcer | 8 | 2019 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() Sunshine Coast Health CenterFrom: About Face |
The final section of the book discusses a variety of organizations that work to help people suffering from addictions. | Geoff Thompson | 9 | 2019 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() Surviving the Dysbiosphere |
The international statistics on mental health in developed nations are troubling to say the least. In the United States 25 percent of the adult population reports having a mental illness in a … | Alan C. Logan; Susan L. Prescott | 35 | 2017 | $3.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! SyphilisFrom: Country of Poxes |
Chapter 2 focuses on syphilis. Topics discussed include the debate around syphilis’ origins, the politics of colonialism, the “Columbian exchange”, the stages of syphilis, … | Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay | 56 | 2022 | $5.60 Add |
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From ![]() Taking it Day By DayFrom: About Face |
On Narcotics. The essays in the first section of the book discuss substance abuse. These readings include personal accounts of struggles with addiction in all its forms. The authors in these … | Jenine Glynn | 3 | 2019 | $0.30 Add |
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From ![]() Taking Stock:Comparable Services From: Equal as Citizens |
Analysis if the provinces were able to offer comparable levels of public service and examines how the Harper 2011 health funding and earlier ransacking of equalization left a giant disparity with … | Richard Starr | 19 | 2014 | $1.90 Add |













