The increasingly outrageous costs of medical care, combined with the increasing difficulty of getting medical care present a complex problem for both patients and their doctors. There are many things patients can do, despite the...
Medical Care
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Author:McPherson, John, Canfield, JackSummary:If laughter is the best medicine, The Get Well Book by John McPherson is just what the doctor ordered. Filled with inside laughs about the cures, the pills and the little indignities that doctors deliver, it will help heal the sick and...
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Author:Moisan, MartinSummary:This book is the result of a personal and professional journey. After having practiced general medicine in private practice and hospitals in Quebec for more than 15 years, Dr. Martin Moisan shares his observations with us. He concludes...
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Author:MacKinnon, Neil, Church, RhondaSummary:Take As Directed gives Canadians a much-needed guidebook to safely navigate our encounters with health-care providers and optimize the management of our own health. In recent years, evidence indicating that our health-care...
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Author:St. James, SimoneSummary:In 1919, Kitty Weekes obtains a nursing position at a remote hospital for soldiers shell-shocked by the horrors of the Great War. But something more is going on at Portis House; the former occupants left abruptly, and all the patients...
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Author:THOMPSON, E. VSummary:Cornwall, 1854: Alice Rowe is rescued from the workhouse by the Rev. Arnold Markham to work in his parsonage as a housemaid. When the Reverend dies of a sudden heart attack, she faces an uncertain future.
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Her weakest moment spawned a crusade for change. Julie Devaney takes us on a journey through the health care system as she is diagnosed and treated for ulcerative colitis. In and out of emergency rooms in Vancouver and Toronto, she’s...
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Author:Boyer, YvonneSummary: - Author:Moisan, MartinSummary:
Ce livre est le fruit d’un cheminement personnel et professionnel. Après avoir pratiqué la médecine générale pendant plus de 15 ans, et ce en milieu hospitalier et en cabinet privé, Dr Martin Moisan nous fait part de ses observations....
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Author:Singer, MerrillSummary:This new text provides students with a first exposure to the growing field of medical anthropology. As such, it is guided by three unifying themes. First, medical anthropology is actively engaged in helping to address pressing health...
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In 1969, Miles Frankel, a young British doctor, was recruited by the International Grenfell Association to provide medical services to communities in northern Newfoundland and coastal Labrador. From St. Anthony he travelled—by boat,...
- Author:Pinney, StephenSummary:
According to the author, the principles needed to run an effective healthcare system are similar to those required to run a successful professional hockey team: know your goals, work as a team, hold individuals accountable, and measure...
- Author:Levine, DavidSummary:
Drawing on forty years running many Canadian health care institutions, David Levine shares his experience on how to manage in this very complex environment. His career includes implementing one of the first Local Community Health...
- Author:Crellin, John K.Summary:
Ever since their early twentieth-century “Golden Age,” postcards on both sides of the Atlantic have recorded popular culture. Through humour, views of urban and rural places, photographs of individuals, fantasy, advertising, and...
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Author:Armstrong, Pat, Armstrong, HughSummary:For over forty years, Canadians have enjoyed high quality health services based on need rather than on ability to pay. Yet we hear almost daily accounts of problems with the system. We are bombarded with warnings that public health care...
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Author:Wermuth, Laurie Ann.Summary:This book uses a critical theoretical perspective to explore the links between social variables like race, class, and gender, and the health of populations around the world.Global Inequality and Human Needs includes case studies from...
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What happens when health care providers meet patients whose religious views contrast with mainstream health practices? This book focuses on a unique religious group, the Low German Mennonites, to examine ways in which beliefs and...
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