Public Health
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From  Out of Harm’s WayFrom: Fighting For Space |
This chapter highlights the first ever conference (Out of Harm’s Way) held in Vancouver for harm reduction. The primary thrust was providing stable housing options, educating general public … | Travis Lupick | 27 | 2017 | $0.54 Add |
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From  The P earson Years, 1963–1968 |
Describes the development of the federation under Prime Minister Lester Pearson including the Quebec and Canada Pension Plans, the rise of separatism, Medicare, the constitution and foreign … | Ed Whitcomb | 24 | 2017 | $2.40 Add |
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From  The Pandemic as an Invitation to Change |
- | Evelyn L. Forget | 2 | 2020 | $0.20 Add |
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From  AppendicesFrom: 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. The appendices consist of a … | Stephanie Westlund | 11 | 2014 | $1.10 Add |
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From From Housing to Harm ReductionFrom: Fighting For Space |
This chapter highlights the synergy between VANDU and PHS as they grappled to establish basic facilities for the homeless population in Vancouver. Caught in the sparring between the health board … | Travis Lupick | 26 | 2017 | $0.52 Add |
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From  Oppression and the Political Economy of Health Inequities ElizabethFrom: Oppression |
This chapter seeks to understand health from a structural perspective, which involves analyzing the origins and results of social, political, economic and cultural power hierarchies. | Elizabeth A. McGibbon | 20 | 2021 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Protecting Medicare from Foreign Commercial InterestsFrom: Medicare |
Analyzes the Canadian Health Care System and to what extent it falls under the domain of trade treaties despite the assurance that it is beyond trade treaties reach | Scott Sinclair | 10 | 2007 | $1.00 Add |
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From Canada’s Single-payer Medicare:Role Model for Taiwan From: Medicare |
Examines the adoption of a single-payer medicare system in Taiwain that is based off the model of Canada’s system and looks at the potential for public underfunding | May Tsung-Mei Cheng | 7 | 2007 | $0.70 Add |
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From Childhood Trauma and the Science of AddictionFrom: Fighting For Space |
In 1998, Dr. Gabor Mate placed a lucrative career on hold and joined hands with Liz Evans, treating addicts in the Downtown Eastside. Mate’s eight years with the Portland Hotel meant … | Travis Lupick | 26 | 2017 | $0.52 Add |
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From Human Rights and HealthFrom: Oppression |
This chapter discusses core concepts about human rights and the evolution and future of health as a human right in Canada and beyond. | Elizabeth A. McGibbon | 22 | 2021 | $2.20 Add |
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From COVID-19: Oppressions Laid BareFrom: Oppression |
This chapter serves as a synthesis of the entire book by reiterating key concepts and topics covered throughout the book. It also looks at future directions in the study of health and oppression … | Scott Aquanno | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
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From Economic Myths and Political Realities:The Inequality Agenda and the Sustainability of Medicare From: Medicare |
Analyzes the economic and political sides of the Canadian Medicare system. Specifically looks at the ideas of a sustainable medicare system and how the system is fraught with inequality | Robert G. Evans | 48 | 2007 | $4.80 Add |
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From Raleigh, North CarolinaFrom: Fighting For Space |
This chapter throws light on the small town of Raleigh, North Carolina, where activists Robert Childs, Minister Michelle Mathis, Steve Daniels and many others worked around the law and came up … | Travis Lupick | 18 | 2017 | $0.18 Add |
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From  The Four Tragedies of Lac-Mégantic |
Describes the series of subsequent tragedies that befell the Lac-Mégantic community: widespread PTSD and other health problems; legal predators who exploited vulnerable victims’ … | Bruce Campbell | 11 | 2018 | $1.10 Add |
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From Chaoulli’s Legacy for the Future of Canadian Health Care PolicyFrom: Medicare |
I discuss the majority judges’ poor appreciation of the interface between public and private health insurance across different health care systems and how, subsequently, this lack of … | Colleen Flood | 45 | 2007 | $4.50 Add |
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From Bill 33:The Fallout from the Chaoulli Decision in Quebec and its Impact on Equity in Healthcare From: Medicare |
An analysis of Bill 33 and what it means for Quebec Health Care | Marie-Claude Prémont | 6 | 2007 | $0.60 Add |
