Health Care
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From  A Poisoned Heroin Supply: The 2010s and 2020sFrom: Heroin |
This chapter examines the opioid crisis, the poisoned illegal drug supply, and the increase in illegal drug overdose deaths in Canada during the 2010s and 2020s. | Susan C. Boyd | 26 | 2022 | $2.60 Add |
 NEW! About Canada: Health and IllnessThird Edition |
The third edition of Health and Illness shows how inequitable distribution of the social determinants of health are determined by public policy decisions. Dennis Raphael updates … | Dennis Raphael | 288 | 2024 | View |
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From  Absorbtion, Distribution, and Elimination of Nicotine |
Chapter Two includes the following topics: Absorbtion – Distribution – Elimination – General Pharmacokinetics | James G. Wigmore | 32 | 2023 | $3.20 Add |
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From  Academic health science centresresearch, money, controversies, conflict of interest and independence From: Doctors in Denial |
Describes and analyzes the money received by academic health science centres from the pharmaceutical industry for research and the conflicts that this money may create. | Joel Lexchin MD | 32 | 2017 | $3.20 Add |
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From Addiction, Withdrawal, Smoking Cessation, and Public Health Measures |
Chapter Seven includes the following topics: Addiction/Tobacco Use Disorder – Withdrawal/Smoking Cessation Measures – Public Health Measures | James G. Wigmore | 57 | 2023 | $5.70 Add |
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From  AfterwordFrom: Finding Our Niche |
The Afterword of Finding Our Niche considers lessons and experiences from the Covid-19 pandemic on the themes in the book, and identifies this book as a theory of how change happens. | Philip A. Loring | 4 | 2020 | $0.40 Add |
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From Appendices |
The appendices include: Nicotine Timeline/ RICO Decision Against the Tobacco Companies/ Some Chemicals Found in E-Cigarettes and Their Health Risks/ Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence/ The … | James G. Wigmore | 3 | 2023 | $0.30 Add |
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From  Borrowed WisdomUsing Lessons from Queer History and Community in Suicide Intervention From: The Care We Dream Of |
Drawing on twenty years doing suicide intervention in her communities, and five years teaching about it, the author outlines six lessons she hopes can guide the reader when supporting someone who … | Carly Boyce | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Calling the shotsCanada’s Big Pharma-first response to COVID-19 From: The Trudeau Record |
This chapter discusses the Trudeau government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. | Adam R. Houston | 14 | 2024 | $1.40 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapter 1: The KillerFrom: The Killer's Henchman |
The author discusses Covid-19 and its science, the measures put in place to stop it, some pandemic history and science, pandemic risks, globalization, lab-manipulated viruses (PPP research) and … | Stephen Gowans | 29 | 2022 | $2.90 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 2: The ResponseFrom: The Killer's Henchman |
The author discusses the response to Covid-19 with particularly attention to the United States and China. Topics include vaccines, public health and social measures, the approaches of countries … | Stephen Gowans | 36 | 2022 | $3.60 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 3: The Capitalists’ StateFrom: The Killer's Henchman |
This chapter asks who it is that made the decisions on how to respond to the pandemic (if to respond at all) and what their interests are. The author explores the domination of governments around … | Stephen Gowans | 35 | 2022 | $3.50 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 4: The Capitalists’ Nanny StateFrom: The Killer's Henchman |
This chapter continues to explore the capitalist state and how it fucntions to support and facilitate the business-based upper class and its accumulation of the wealth that is produced by the … | Stephen Gowans | 34 | 2022 | $3.40 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 5: Capitalist PharmacyFrom: The Killer's Henchman |
This chapter is focused on the pharmaceutical industry/capitalist pharmacy and the interests of its wealthy investors. | Stephen Gowans | 24 | 2022 | $2.40 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 6: The BillionaireFrom: The Killer's Henchman |
The author focuses on Bill Gates, examining how Gates offers a concrete example of how members of the capitalist class use their wealth to shape political agendas to expand their own interests at … | Stephen Gowans | 29 | 2022 | $2.90 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 7: The HenchmanFrom: The Killer's Henchman |
This chapter explores Covid-19 mitigation/responses with particular analysis of Operation Warp Speed, Washington’s Covid-19 vaccine program, which used public money, and capitalized on … | Stephen Gowans | 44 | 2022 | $4.40 Add |
