Health Studies
Featured titles in Health Studies
- Under-Served brings together the perspectives of academics, front-line heath care providers, and policy-makers to examine the historical, political, and social factors that influence the health and health care of under-served populations in Canada, focusing particularly on Ind... more
Under-Served
Health Determinants of Indigenous, Inner-City, and Migrant Populations in Canada
Akshaya Neil Arya, Thomas Piggott
- Now in its second edition, this collection explores how multiple health determinants, such as colonialism, gender, culture, early childhood development, the environment, geography, HIV/AIDS, medicine, and policy, impact the health status of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Ground... more
Determinants of Indigenous Peoples' Health, Second Edition
Beyond the Social
Margo Greenwood, Sarah de Leeuw, Nicole Marie Lindsay
- Why are some drugs considered socially acceptable while others are demonized? What makes these definitions so widespread? Who benefits from these conceptualizations? The Drug Paradox examines both the empirically founded and the socially constructed facets of drugs and drug us... more
The Drug Paradox
An Introduction to the Sociology of Psychoactive Substances in Canada
Tara Bruno, Rick Csiernik
- Psychiatric mental status examinations are part of the job of nurses, physicians, and many others in the field of mental health and addictions. In this highly accessible guide, Cheryl Webster Pollard introduces students and emerging practitioners to the skills and knowledge ne... more
- Nursing
- Global Health
- Mental Health and Addictions
- Gender
- Health Policy
- Aging
- Social Determinants of Health
- Health Promotion
- November 2012
- 9781551304120
- $76.95 Print
- $71.95 eBook
- February 2012
- 9780889614857
- $47.95 Print
Thinking Women and Health Care Reform in Canada
Pat Armstrong, Barbara Clow, Karen Grant, Margaret Haworth-Brockman, Beth Jackson, Ann Pederson, Morgan Seeley
- September 2011
- 9781551303949
- $87.95 Print
- June 2011
- 9781551303901
- $71.95 Print
Homelessness, Housing, and Mental Health
Finding Truths — Creating Change
Cheryl Forchuk, Rick Csiernik, Elsabeth Jensen
- April 2010
- 9781551303703
- $89.95 Print
Staying Alive, Second Edition
Critical Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Health Care
Toba Bryant, Dennis Raphael, Marcia H. Rioux
- April 2010
- 9780889614710
- $67.95 Print
- February 2010
- 9781551303673
- $61.95 Print
- July 2009
- 9780889614789
- $54.95 Print
- April 2009
- 9781551303550
- $62.95 Print
Anti-Racist Health Care Practice
Elizabeth McGibbon, Josephine Etowa
- March 2008
- 9780889614642
- $56.95 Print
Dissonant Disabilities
Women with Chronic Illnesses Explore Their Lives
Diane Driedger, Michelle Owen
- August 2005
- 9781551302782
- $62.95 Print
Social Work in Health and Mental Health
Issues, Developments and Actions
Tuula Heinonen, Anna Metteri
- August 2005
- 9781551302768
- $49.95 Print
- August 2004
- 9781551302331
- $56.95 Print
- May 2004
- 9781551302645
- $34.95 Print
- March 2004
- 9781551302720
- $37.95 Print