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The Answer

From: Making a Home

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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 … 59 $5.90 Add
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The First and Second Waves

Mourning What Was Lost

From: Shadows and Light

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Chapter One follows the first and second waves of the Covid-19 pandemic in Alberta in March and November of 2020. Topics discussed include the need for Personal Protective equipment to treat … 21 $2.10 Add
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The Policy Challenge

From: Health and Wealth

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Public policy proposals for Canada at the turn of the 21st century that would improve the overall levels of health of the population, and reduce illness and disease, by focusing on the social and … 36 $3.60 Add
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The Struggle — at Home and in the World — for Health Care as a Human Right

From: Medicare

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discusses the need for social justice and equality in terms of public health and democratic socialism 13 $1.30 Add
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Three

From: Holden After & Before

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Why Nature-based Therapy for Children, Youth, and Families?

From: Nature-Based Therapy

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Classic and contemporary literature on nature has repeatedly described our connectedness to nature as a journey or expression of soul. If intentionally facilitated nature experiences might assist … ; ; 20 $2.00 Add
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A Chance Encounter

From: Fighting For Space

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This chapter retraces the early years of activists Liz Evans and Mark Townsend. Also the inception of The Portland Hotel at Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, which later evolved into PHS Community … 22 $0.44 Add
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A Tale of Instability in Seven Parts

Limits

From: On Opium

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The author describes her writing life in relation to the chronic pain and stiffness of her disease and how, no longer depressed, she has stretched her own limits with opiods, and asks if she can … 23 $2.30 Add
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Assistance and Support

From: Losing me, While Losing You

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In this chapter, caregivers discuss their sources of assistance and support as they embarked on their shared journey of caring for loved ones with dementia. While some had family nearby, others … ; ; 28 $2.80 Add
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Basic Income and Population Health

From: Basic Income For Canadians

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This chapter looks at how basic income policies can be beneficial to the overall mental and physical health of communities. 15 $1.50 Add
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Before We Met

From: Pilgrim Souls

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Outlines their lives before they were married 16 $1.60 Add
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Essays 2

From: Out Loud

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A selection of 14 essays on the subject of mental illness. The authors discuss their experiences with mental illness, how it affects their families and their personal lives and how they work to … 59 $5.90 Add
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Four

From: Holden After & Before

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Getting Back to Our Roots – Nathan Lewis and the Veteran’s Sanctuary

From: Field Excercises

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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 discusses the … 16 $1.60 Add
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Government, industry and the medical profession

ménage à trois

From: Doctors in Denial

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Describes how the alliance between the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry developed in the period from the 1960s to 2015. 27 $2.70 Add
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Making the Choice to Take Therapy Outside

From: Nature-Based Therapy

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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. ; ; 22 $2.20 Add