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Health Inequities in Canada

WebUnequal access to health care is a problem in Canada much studied by journalists, academics, and policy makers. There is a growing recognition that existing theories on, …

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UBC Press A Healthy Future

WebA Healthy Future is a riveting tale of that challenging time and an important guide to better times ahead. Rachel Notley, former premier of Alberta. Ryan Meili has a …

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A Healthy Society, Updated and Expanded Edition

WebA Healthy Society, Updated and Expanded Edition, is one doctor’s vision for a new approach to politics – and a new approach to building a healthier world. Brought to …

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UBC Press The Politics of Public Health, By Meredeth Turshen

WebThe Politics of Public Health; In the progressive public health tradition, Meredeth Turshen criticizes conventional approaches to disease and offers an alternative framework based …

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Making Healthy Places, Second Edition

WebThe first edition of Making Healthy Places offered a visionary and thoroughly researched treatment of the connections between constructed environments and human health. …

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Planetary Health

WebPlanetary Health - Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves; Human health depends on the health of the planet. Earth’s natural systems—the air, the water, the …

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UBC Press Colonizing Bodies

WebRecent debates about the health of First Nations peoples have drawn a flurry of public attention and controversy, and have placed the relationship between Aboriginal …

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UBC Press Upstream Medicine

WebUpstream Medicine - Doctors for a Healthy Society; Upstream Medicine features interviews with physicians who are identifying and addressing the upstream conditions that lead to …

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A Healthy Society

Webbe judged by the quality of its population’s health, how fairly health is distributed across the social spectrum, and the degree of protection provided from disadvantage as a result of …

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UBC Press Community Organizing and Community Building for …

WebThe fourth edition of Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Social Equity provides both classic and recent contributions to the field, with a special accent on …

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Moving Aboriginal Health Forward

WebMoving Aboriginal Health Forward - Discarding Canada’s Legal Barriers; Boyer paints an historical picture of how government policies and institutions have contributed to the …

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UBC Press Epidemic Encounters

WebHealth crises such as the SARS epidemic and H1N1 have rekindled interest in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which swept the globe in the wake of the First World …

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Indigenous Peoples and Dementia

WebWendy Hulko is an associate professor and the Bachelor of Social Work program coordinator in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at Thompson Rivers …

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UBC Press Digit Ratio

WebDigit Ratio - A Pointer to Fertility, Behavior, and Health; Could the length of your fingers indicate a predisposition to breast cancer? Or musical genius? Or homosexuality? In …

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The Right to a Healthy Environment

WebThe Right to a Healthy Environment - Revitalizing Canada's Constitution; David Boyd is one of the world’s leading experts on human rights and the environment. From the …

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UBC Press Everyday Exposure

WebEveryday Exposure - Indigenous Mobilization and Environmental Justice in Canada’s Chemical Valley; In chronicling a First Nation’s fight for health and …

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Edited by Olena Hankivsky

WebRita Kaur Dhamoon and Olena Hankivsky. Part 1: Theoretical and Methodological Innovations. Edited by Sarah de Leeuw and Olena Hankivsky. 2. Beyond Borders and …

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UBC Press Assisted Suicide in Canada

WebUBC Press. In 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the criminal laws prohibiting assisted suicide and voluntary active euthanasia. Parliament then implemented this …

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Brock Chisholm, the World Health Organization, and the Cold …

WebThe right to health is one of the fundamental rights to which every human being is entitled, without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition. The …

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Cross-Cultural Caring

Weba health professional and a patient who share the medical culture can be smooth and satisfying to both parties. However, when the same health professional treats a patient …

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UBC Press A Town Called Asbestos

WebPainstakingly researched with a compelling writing style, A Town Called Asbestos fulfills the promise of recent U.S. environmental histories that integrated …

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Caring for the Low German Mennonites

WebWhat happens when health care providers meet patients whose religious views contrast with mainstream health practices? This book focuses on a unique …

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