Health Care
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From  NEW! 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  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 |
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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  Doctors, sales representatives, samples, gifts, trips and dinnersFrom: Doctors in Denial |
Discusses the various forms of interactions that pharmaceutical companies have with individual doctors in Canada, and how this impacts the health care they provide to their patients. | Joel Lexchin MD | 32 | 2017 | $3.20 Add |
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From  Oppression: Redistributive Politics and Public PolicyFrom: Oppression |
This chapter examines how public policies — in particular spending by governments on social and health programs — can lead to oppressive practices and conditions. | Toba Bryant | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Pandemic InsightTime to Create Change From: Shadows and Light |
Chapter Eight reflects on what we can learn from the pandemic and how we should move forward both personally and professionally. Topics discussed include the long road to recovery, the trauma … | Heather Patterson | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
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From  Practice Modalities in Health Care with Black CanadiansFrom: Africentric Social Work |
In this chapter, the authors explore the health disparities that Black communities in Canada experience, as well as the key strategies and concepts revealed by Africentric practices. | Delores V. Mullings; Notisha Massaquoi | 29 | 2021 | $2.90 Add |
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From  Putting Yourself on the LineInterview with Ronica Mukerjee From: The Care We Dream Of |
This interview with Ronica Mukerjee, who specializes in care for LGBTQ+ communities, people using injection and other drugs, and people who are HIV positive, underscores how international borders … | Zena Sharman | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From Don’t worry, be happy?From: Doctors in Denial |
Discusses whether patient care is negatively affected by the interactions that pharmaceutical companies have with the medical profession. | Joel Lexchin MD | 23 | 2017 | $2.30 Add |
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From Dreaming BiggerBody Liberation and Weight Inclusivity in Health Care From: The Care We Dream Of |
The author begins with a vision of a fat-inclusive health care system, continues with her experiences with health care and diet culture, and a call to redefine disordered eating. She aims to … | Sand C. Chang | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From Obsessed by Profits: Big Pharma and the Corruption of HealthFrom: Oppression |
This chapter starts with an overall description of Big Pharma, goes on to discuss the consequences of drug companies’ overriding objective of increasing sales in order to increase profits, … | Joel Lexchin | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From Our Drug Policy Is Killing People: Decriminalizing and Legalizing Heroin UseFrom: Heroin |
This chapter explores the process to decriminalize and legalize Heroin. The social movements for drug policy and drug law reform are discussed. | Susan C. Boyd | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
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From  The Concert of LifeHolistic Harmony |
Biodiversity, as we will see, is consciousness. It is life. We will also see that the story of interconnection, of Darwin’s clover — cats meant less mice, more bees, and thus more … | Alan C. Logan; Susan L. Prescott | 33 | 2017 | $3.30 Add |
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From Aboriginal Peoples’ Constitutional Right to HealthFrom: Oppression |
This chapter explores Aboriginal peoples’ constitutional right to health and ends with a call to action for federal and provincial governments and health professionals. | James [Sa’ke’j] Youngblood Henderson | 28 | 2021 | $2.80 Add |
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From Reforming the comfort zone so that doctors are no longer in denialFrom: Doctors in Denial |
Outlines the needed reforms to the interactions between the pharmaceutical industry and the medical profession, outlining industry’s role, government’s role, and the medical … | Joel Lexchin MD | 45 | 2017 | $4.50 Add |
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From Revolution through Health CareInterview with Anita “Durt” O’Shea From: The Care We Dream Of |
This interview is with Anita “Durt” O’Shea, the deputy directior of St. James Infirmary, a peer-based non-profit organization that serves sex workers throughout the San Franscso … | Zena Sharman | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
