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Things That Matter
Special Objects in Our Stories as We Age
Price:
$37.95
ISBN: 9781487524470
Pub Date: March 2024
This book explores the complex connections between the memories, emotions, and objects that hold special meaning for us across the years.
Research Project Management and Leadership
A Handbook for Everyone
Price:
$39.95
ISBN: 9781487544461
Pub Date: February 2024
This handbook presents practical guidance on how to apply project management and leadership tools, processes, and practices in academic settings.
Making Gender
Big Pharma, HPV Vaccine Policy, and Women’s Ontological Decision-Making
Price:
$65.00
ISBN: 9781487509200
Pub Date: October 2023
This book aims to understand how gender and risk have been incorporated into women’s decision-making around the HPV vaccine.
Missed and Dismissed Voices
Living with Hidden Chronic Health Problems
Price:
$36.95
ISBN: 9781487523404
Pub Date: June 2023
Drawing on narrative accounts of illness, Missed and Dismissed Voices sheds light on the meaning and management of chronic health problems that are not visible to others.
Moral Figures
Making Reproduction Public in Vanuatu
Price:
$29.95
ISBN: 9781487543211
Pub Date: January 2023
Moral Figures examines entanglements of quantified population indicators, medical birthing practices, and Indigenous relationalities to understand gendered consequences of making reproduction public
Damaged
Childhood Trauma, Adult Illness, and the Need for a Health Care Revolution
Price:
$22.95
ISBN: 9781487528355
Pub Date: November 2022
This is the story of a psychiatrist and his career-long relationship with a difficult patient, showing how medical treatment should not just be about biology, but also about psychology.
Women’s Health in Canada
Challenges of Intersectionality, Second Edition
Price:
$64.95
ISBN: 9781442628472
Pub Date: March 2022
This collection considers how health, and "women’s health" are shaped through intersecting systems of power based on colonialism, sexism, racism, heterosexism, and ableism.
Alberta
A Health System Profile
Price:
$36.95
ISBN: 9781487525163
Pub Date: March 2022
Alberta: A Health System Profile provides the first comprehensive and detailed overview of the economic, political, population health, program and service delivery aspects of health care in Alberta and the resulting health outcomes.
When Medicine Goes Awry
Case Studies in Medically Caused Suffering and Death
Price:
$29.95
ISBN: 9781487525811
Pub Date: January 2022
Examining high profile case studies of medically caused suffering and death, When Medicine Goes Awry critiques the present functioning of the medical care system and the pharmaceutical industry.
Dying and Death in Canada, Fourth Edition
Price:
$48.95
ISBN: 9781487509279
Pub Date: November 2021
The fourth edition of Dying and Death in Canada explores how the intensely personal experience of dying and death is shaped by society and culture, with new discussions of MAID and COVID-19.
Global Health and the Village
Transnational Contexts Governing Birth in Northern Uganda
Price:
$53.00
ISBN: 9781487504557
Pub Date: November 2021
Drawing on extensive original qualitative research, Global Health and The Village brings the complex local and transnational factors governing women’s access to safe maternity care into focus.
Health and Health Care in Northern Canada
Price:
$52.00
ISBN: 9781487521790
Pub Date: November 2021
Addressing the diversity of communities and experiences across Northern Canada, Health and Healthcare in Northern Canada pays attention to what is needed to support and achieve health equity for northern communities and peoples.
Newfoundland and Labrador
A Health System Profile
Price:
$37.95
ISBN: 9781487525859
Pub Date: October 2021
Combining a historical account with a current analysis, Newfoundland and Labrador: A Health System Profile is the first comprehensive study of the province’s health institutions, policies, and outcomes.
Health Systems in Transition
USA, Second Edition
Price:
$42.95
ISBN: 9781487526450
Pub Date: October 2021
The book provides a thorough review of the U.S. health care system, including its organization and financing, care delivery, recent reforms, and an evaluation of the system’s performance.
Supporting Children and Their Families Facing Health Inequities in Canada
Price:
$37.95
ISBN: 9781487524074
Pub Date: July 2021
Bridging information gaps on health inequities faced by vulnerable children, adolescents, and families in Canada, this book informs readers of the key tools to promote productive, fulfilling lives of people managing prevalent health challenges.
Fat in Four Cultures
A Global Ethnography of Weight
Price:
$28.95
ISBN: 9781487525620
Pub Date: June 2021
This unique comparative ethnography uses a systematic and nuanced approach to delve into the myriad meanings of "being fat" within and across different global sites.

Things That Matter
Special Objects in Our Stories as We Age
$37.95
ISBN: 9781487524470
Pub Date: March 2024
This book explores the complex connections between the memories, emotions, and objects that hold special meaning for us across the years.
Research Project Management and Leadership
A Handbook for Everyone
$39.95
ISBN: 9781487544461
Pub Date: February 2024
This handbook presents practical guidance on how to apply project management and leadership tools, processes, and practices in academic settings.
Making Gender
Big Pharma, HPV Vaccine Policy, and Women’s Ontological Decision-Making
$65.00
ISBN: 9781487509200
Pub Date: October 2023
This book aims to understand how gender and risk have been incorporated into women’s decision-making around the HPV vaccine.
Missed and Dismissed Voices
Living with Hidden Chronic Health Problems
$36.95
ISBN: 9781487523404
Pub Date: June 2023
Drawing on narrative accounts of illness, Missed and Dismissed Voices sheds light on the meaning and management of chronic health problems that are not visible to others.
Moral Figures
Making Reproduction Public in Vanuatu
$29.95
ISBN: 9781487543211
Pub Date: January 2023
Moral Figures examines entanglements of quantified population indicators, medical birthing practices, and Indigenous relationalities to understand gendered consequences of making reproduction public
Damaged
Childhood Trauma, Adult Illness, and the Need for a Health Care Revolution
$22.95
ISBN: 9781487528355
Pub Date: November 2022
This is the story of a psychiatrist and his career-long relationship with a difficult patient, showing how medical treatment should not just be about biology, but also about psychology.
Women’s Health in Canada
Challenges of Intersectionality, Second Edition
$64.95
ISBN: 9781442628472
Pub Date: March 2022
This collection considers how health, and "women’s health" are shaped through intersecting systems of power based on colonialism, sexism, racism, heterosexism, and ableism.
Alberta
A Health System Profile
$36.95
ISBN: 9781487525163
Pub Date: March 2022
Alberta: A Health System Profile provides the first comprehensive and detailed overview of the economic, political, population health, program and service delivery aspects of health care in Alberta and the resulting health outcomes.
When Medicine Goes Awry
Case Studies in Medically Caused Suffering and Death
$29.95
ISBN: 9781487525811
Pub Date: January 2022
Examining high profile case studies of medically caused suffering and death, When Medicine Goes Awry critiques the present functioning of the medical care system and the pharmaceutical industry.
Dying and Death in Canada, Fourth Edition
$48.95
ISBN: 9781487509279
Pub Date: November 2021
The fourth edition of Dying and Death in Canada explores how the intensely personal experience of dying and death is shaped by society and culture, with new discussions of MAID and COVID-19.
Global Health and the Village
Transnational Contexts Governing Birth in Northern Uganda
$53.00
ISBN: 9781487504557
Pub Date: November 2021
Drawing on extensive original qualitative research, Global Health and The Village brings the complex local and transnational factors governing women’s access to safe maternity care into focus.
Health and Health Care in Northern Canada
$52.00
ISBN: 9781487521790
Pub Date: November 2021
Addressing the diversity of communities and experiences across Northern Canada, Health and Healthcare in Northern Canada pays attention to what is needed to support and achieve health equity for northern communities and peoples.
Newfoundland and Labrador
A Health System Profile
$37.95
ISBN: 9781487525859
Pub Date: October 2021
Combining a historical account with a current analysis, Newfoundland and Labrador: A Health System Profile is the first comprehensive study of the province’s health institutions, policies, and outcomes.
Health Systems in Transition
USA, Second Edition
$42.95
ISBN: 9781487526450
Pub Date: October 2021
The book provides a thorough review of the U.S. health care system, including its organization and financing, care delivery, recent reforms, and an evaluation of the system’s performance.
Supporting Children and Their Families Facing Health Inequities in Canada
$37.95
ISBN: 9781487524074
Pub Date: July 2021
Bridging information gaps on health inequities faced by vulnerable children, adolescents, and families in Canada, this book informs readers of the key tools to promote productive, fulfilling lives of people managing prevalent health challenges.
Fat in Four Cultures
A Global Ethnography of Weight
$28.95
ISBN: 9781487525620
Pub Date: June 2021
This unique comparative ethnography uses a systematic and nuanced approach to delve into the myriad meanings of "being fat" within and across different global sites.