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Québec
A Health System Profile
Price:
$36.95
ISBN: 9781487561116
Pub Date: March 2025
This book provides a comprehensive overview of Québec's distinctive health care system, analysing its organizational structure, policy reforms, socio-political history, and trailblazing innovations in Canada’s health care landscape.
A Return to Healing
Flexner, Osler, and How American Medicine Went Astray
Price:
$34.95
ISBN: 9781487562861
Pub Date: March 2025
Drawing on decades of medical practice and research, A Return to Healing reveals how today's doctors prioritize numbers over patients and offers empowering solutions for reforming the American health care system towards better patient-centred care.
Tommy Douglas and the Quest for Medicare in Canada
Price:
$49.95
ISBN: 9781487560430
Pub Date: December 2024
This book draws on the life of Tommy Douglas to examine the history of universal health coverage – commonly known as Medicare – in Canada.
Breaking Canadians
Health Care, Advocacy, and the Toll of COVID-19
Price:
$27.95
ISBN: 9781487548124
Pub Date: March 2024
Bringing together physicians, health care workers, and community advocates from across the country, Breaking Canadians shares firsthand stories about the personal, professional, and political impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Making Gender
Big Pharma, HPV Vaccine Policy, and Women’s Ontological Decision-Making
Price:
$65.00
ISBN: 9781487509200
Pub Date: August 2023
This book aims to understand how gender and risk have been incorporated into women’s decision-making around the HPV vaccine.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Transparency, Power, and Influence in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Policy Gain or Confidence Game?
Price:
$38.95
ISBN: 9781487529048
Pub Date: June 2021
Transparency, Power, and Influence in the Pharmaceutical Industry evaluates the progress made in holding the pharmaceutical industry to account through greater transparency.
Health Systems in Transition: Canada, Third Edition
Price:
$35.95
ISBN: 9781487508081
Pub Date: April 2021
This book provides insight into how the Canadian health care system is financed and organized, how it has evolved over time, and how well it performs relative to peer countries.
Health Systems in Transition
Mexico
Price:
$38.95
ISBN: 9781487508524
Pub Date: April 2021
This book describes and analyses the health system of Mexico as part of a series covering health systems in Europe, Canada and the United States of America.
Organs for Sale
Bioethics, Neoliberalism, and Public Moral Deliberation
Price:
$40.95
ISBN: 9781487524050
Pub Date: November 2020
Organs for Sale is an extended case study of a lively public moral debate that delves into how a society assigns worth as well as what ought to be for sale and why.

Québec
A Health System Profile
$36.95
ISBN: 9781487561116
Pub Date: March 2025
A Return to Healing
Flexner, Osler, and How American Medicine Went Astray
$34.95
ISBN: 9781487562861
Pub Date: March 2025
Tommy Douglas and the Quest for Medicare in Canada
$49.95
ISBN: 9781487560430
Pub Date: December 2024
Breaking Canadians
Health Care, Advocacy, and the Toll of COVID-19
$27.95
ISBN: 9781487548124
Pub Date: March 2024
Making Gender
Big Pharma, HPV Vaccine Policy, and Women’s Ontological Decision-Making
$65.00
ISBN: 9781487509200
Pub Date: August 2023
This book aims to understand how gender and risk have been incorporated into women’s decision-making around the HPV vaccine.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Transparency, Power, and Influence in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Policy Gain or Confidence Game?
$38.95
ISBN: 9781487529048
Pub Date: June 2021
Transparency, Power, and Influence in the Pharmaceutical Industry evaluates the progress made in holding the pharmaceutical industry to account through greater transparency.
Health Systems in Transition: Canada, Third Edition
$35.95
ISBN: 9781487508081
Pub Date: April 2021
This book provides insight into how the Canadian health care system is financed and organized, how it has evolved over time, and how well it performs relative to peer countries.
Health Systems in Transition
Mexico
$38.95
ISBN: 9781487508524
Pub Date: April 2021
This book describes and analyses the health system of Mexico as part of a series covering health systems in Europe, Canada and the United States of America.
Organs for Sale
Bioethics, Neoliberalism, and Public Moral Deliberation
$40.95
ISBN: 9781487524050
Pub Date: November 2020
Organs for Sale is an extended case study of a lively public moral debate that delves into how a society assigns worth as well as what ought to be for sale and why.