Medical
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From  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 |
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From  NEW! The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting WellDependence From: On Opium |
This chapter describes the author’s dependance on the (taken as prescribed) opiods, and how these allow her to work and enjoy life in three chunks of five hours throughout the day. The … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 36 | 2021 | $3.60 Add |
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From NEW! The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting WellIndependence From: On Opium |
The author explores her relationship with her chronic pain and the tension between independence and dependence on prescription opiods, at first rationing relief. She parses the moral … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 32 | 2021 | $3.20 Add |
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From NEW! The Quarantine of the Opium Eater, Notes on Getting WellInterdependence From: On Opium |
This chapter explores community, including various methods of harm reduction and a conference in Portugal, where all drugs have been decriminalized. The author describes online support systems … | Carlyn Zwarenstein | 58 | 2021 | $5.80 Add |
 NEW! The Socialist Register 2022New Polarizations, Old Contradictions: The Crisis of Centrism |
The 58th annual volume of the Socialist Register takes up the challenge of exploring how the new polarizations relate to the contradictions that underlie them and how far ‘centrist’ … | Colin Leys; Greg Albo; Leo Panitch | 352 | 2021 | View |
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From  The Struggle — at Home and in the World — for Health Care as a Human RightFrom: Medicare |
discusses the need for social justice and equality in terms of public health and democratic socialism | Stephen Lewis | 13 | 2007 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! The Third WaveIt’s a Tsunami From: Shadows and Light |
Chapter Five examines the crushing reality of the third wave with more aggressive Covid-19 variants. Topics discussed include anti-vaccination protests, climbing hospitalizations in Alberta … | Heather Patterson | 29 | 2022 | $2.90 Add |
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From The Truth about the Drug CompaniesFrom: Medicare |
Examines the pharmaceutical industry and the paradox of what the drug companies say vs. what really happens. Concludes with a recommendation for pharmacare in Canada | Marcia Angell | 7 | 2007 | $0.70 Add |
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From  The Weekend AlcoholicFrom: About Face |
On Alcohol. 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 … | Gareth Mitton | 6 | 2019 | $0.60 Add |
 The World After CovidThe Munk Dialogues on a Pandemic |
From the world-renowned Munk Debates comes a collection of dialogues by leading intellectuals envisioning our post-pandemic future. During this time of social distancing, the acclaimed Munk … | Rudyard Griffiths | 153 | 2021 | View |
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From  The World UnmaskedFrom: Civilizing the State |
The World Unmasked takes a look at what was learned about governance, the role of the state, our cultural values and differences during the COVID-19 pandemic. | John Restakis | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
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From The Wrong Kind of Rights:The Charter Threat to Medicare From: Medicare |
Examines the threat that the charter presents to medicare and the people’s place in influencing medicare decisions | Andrew Petter | 7 | 2007 | $0.70 Add |
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From  NEW! ThirteenFrom: Holden After & Before |
Tara McGuire | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add | |
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From NEW! ThirtyFrom: Holden After & Before |
Tara McGuire | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add | |
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From NEW! Thirty FiveFrom: Holden After & Before |
Tara McGuire | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add | |
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From NEW! Thirty FourFrom: Holden After & Before |
Tara McGuire | 19 | 2022 | $1.90 Add |
