Author

Shaeen-Hussain, Samir

Place of Publication

Quebec

Publisher

McGill Queen University Press

Publication Date

2020

Physical Description

Paperback 326pp

Subject

Diversity

Health

Ethics

health inequities

Indigenous

Abstract

Launched by healthcare providers in January 2018, the #aHand2Hold campaign confronted the Quebec government's practice of separating children from their families during medical evacuation airlifts, which disproportionately affected remote and northern Indigenous communities. Pediatric emergency physician Samir Shaheen-Hussain's captivating narrative of this successful campaign, which garnered unprecedented public attention and media coverage, seeks to answer lingering questions about why such a cruel practice remained in place for so long. In doing so it serves as an indispensable case study of contemporary medical colonialism in Quebec. Fighting for a Hand to Hold exposes the medical establishment's role in the displacement, colonization, and genocide of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Through meticulously gathered government documentation, historical scholarship, media reports, public inquiries, and personal testimonies, Shaheen-Hussain connects the draconian medevac practice with often-disregarded crimes and medical violence inflicted specifically on Indigenous children. This devastating history and ongoing medical colonialism prevent Indigenous communities from attaining internationally recognized measures of health and social well-being because of the pervasive, systemic anti-Indigenous racism that persists in the Canadian public health care system - and in settler society at large. Shaheen-Hussain's unique perspective combines his experience as a frontline pediatrician with his long-standing involvement in anti-authoritarian social justice movements. Sparked by the indifference and callousness of those in power, this book draws on the innovative work of Indigenous scholars and activists to conclude that a broader decolonization struggle calling for reparations, land reclamation, and self-determination for Indigenous peoples is critical to achieve reconciliation in Canada.

ISBN

9780-2280-03601

Material Type

Book

Call Number

ET 100 SHA 2020

Copies

Editor

Greenwood, Margo

de Leeuw, Sarah

Lindsay, Nicole Marie

Edition

2nd

Place of Publication

Toronto

Publisher

Canadian Scholars

Publication Date

2018

Physical Description

Paperback 364pp

Subject

Diversity

Health

Ethics

health inequities

Indigenous

Abstract

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. Grounded in expert voices of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis writers from coast to coast, this updated edition includes a chapter on environment and land defense; a foreword written by Dr. Evan Adams, Chief Medical Officer of the First Nations Health Authority; chapters by Liz Howard and Helen Knott, Indigenous poets; and an updated arrangement that reflects the significant social and political events that dominated headlines over the last two years, such as the protests at Standing Rock, North Dakota, the US national election of 2016, the Indigenous youth suicide epidemic, and the enquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls in Canada. This revolutionary book is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in courses on health, public and population health, community health sciences, medicine, nursing, and social work.

ISBN

9781-77338-0377

Material Type

Book

Call Number

ET 100 GRE 2018

Copies

Author

Roger, Jennifer Prah

Place of Publication

Oxford

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Date

2010

Physical Description

Paperback 276pp

Subject

Social Justice

Health

Ethics

Public Policy

Abstract

Health and Social Justice provides a theoretical framework for health ethics, public policy and law in which Dr Ruger introduces the health capability paradigm, an innovative and unique approach which considers the capability of health as a moral imperative. This book is the culmination of more than a decade and a half of work to develop the health capability paradigm, with a vision of a world where all have the capability to be healthy. This vision is grounded in the Aristotelian view of human flourishing and also Amartya Sen's capability approach. In this new paradigm, not just health care, or even just health alone, but the capability for health itself is a moral imperative, as is ensuring the conditions that allow all individuals the means to achieve central health capabilities. Key tenets of health capability include health agency, shared health governance, where individuals, providers and institutions work together to create a social system enabling all to be healthy, and the use of theorized agreements and shared reasoning to guide social choice and shape health policy and decision-making. This book provides philosophical justification for the direct moral importance of health and the capability for health and follows a norms-based approach to health promotion. It employs a joint scientific and deliberative approach to guide health system development and reform, and the allocation of scarce health resources. The health capability paradigm integrates both proceduralist and consequentialist approaches to justice, and both moral and political legitimacy are critical.

ISBN

9780-19-965313-3

Material Type

Book

Call Number

ET 100 RUG 2010

Copies

Editor

McGregor, Catherine

Bedi, SHailoo

Place of Publication

Montreal, Canada

Publisher

McGill-Queen's University Press

Publication Date

2024

Physical Description

360pp

Subjects

Anti-Racism

Diversity

Leadership

Education

Abstract

Widely understood to be the best tool of social change, education offers a space to interrogate persistent and damaging oppressions, calling into question the cultural and political antecedents, as well as the current politics and practices, that have facilitated inequity. Educational leaders themselves, however, have much to learn about dismantling systems that maintain these barriers.

Diversity Leadership in Education offers a deep look into the complexities and opportunities afforded by new models of diversity leadership. Authors from across North America explore how diverse leaders are key to improving the school experience for marginalized students. Indigenous, Black, racialized, and collaborative forms of leadership contribute to decolonizing educational settings by unsettling hegemonic ideas; these include the dominance of equity myths in educational administration and pedagogical whitewashing around issues germane to social justice.

Unpacking privilege in education systems, the volume speaks to incorporating social justice in everyday leadership practices through advocacy, solidarity, spirituality, relationality, and reconciliation. It profiles diversity leadership as a rudder, steering a more inclusive and equitable society.

ISBN

978-0228019251

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

REF NR 100 MCG 2024

Copies

Author

Kongnetiman, Linda

Place of Publication

Calgary, AB

Publisher

Southern Alberta Child & Youth Health Network (SACYHN)

Publication Date

2005

Physical Description

Spriral bound paperback: 50 p.

Subject

Cross-Cultural Health Care

Pregnancy/Childbirth. Obstetrics

Perspectives in Health Care

Patient Relations

Abstract

A manual to provide health care professionals with information that will support them in their kowledge, and skill building in providing cuturally competent services to first generation immigrant and refugee women, including; Ante-partum with focus on pregnancy, intra-partum with focus on labour and delivery, post-partum with a focus on delivery and care, post-partum depression, and gynecology with a focus on sexuality, breast health, menopause, papanicolaou, and abortion. Presents cutural summaries on five ethnic groups: Chinese, South Asian, Middle Eastern Sudanese, and Ethiopian women.

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

REF GN 300 KON 2005

Copies

Editor

Ulrich, Connie M

Grady, Christine

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, USA

Publisher

Springer

Publication Date

2021

Physical Description

Paperback: p 171.

Subject

Medical Ethics

Physicians

UBC MD Undergrad

Bioethics

Abstract

This is the first book on the market or within academia dedicated solely to moral distress among health professionals. It aims to bring conceptual clarity about moral distress and distinguish it from related concepts. Explicit attention is given to the voices and experiences of health care professionals from multiple disciplines and many parts of the world. Contributors explain the evolution of the concept of moral distress, sources of moral distress including those that arise at the unit/team and organization/system level, and possible solutions to address moral distress at every level. A liberal use of case studies will make the phenomenon palpable to readers.

This volume provides information not only for academia and educational initiatives, but also for practitioners and the research community, and will serve as a professional resource for courses in health professional schools, bioethics, and business, as well as in the hospital wards, intensive care units, long-term care facilities, hospice, and ambulatory practice sites in which moral distress originates.

ISBN

978-3319-646251

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

REF IC 100 ULR 2018

Copies

Author

Douglas, Vasiliki

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Springer Publishing Company

Publication Date

2013

Physical Description

Paperback, 239 p.

Subject

Aboriginal Health

Leadership/Coaching

Abstract

Written by one of the leading researchers in First Nations and Inuit Health, this is the only entry-level text to address the current state of knowledge in the field of aboriginal health.The book places aboriginal health in Canada within its historical and philosophical context as it addresses social and clinical approaches to major health issues facing this population. It discusses the distinctive features of aboriginal health and healing as opposed to traditional Western medicine and why it should be studied as a discrete field.

Using the thread of cultural safety throughout, the text introduces students to health concerns facing the aboriginal population in general, with a special focus on the needs of women and children. The text provides a framework for professionals to approach aboriginal clients in a way that will both respect their worldviews and retain their own professional epistemology. Chapters are consistently formatted to include chapter objectives, case studies, critical thinking exercises, key concepts and terms, and recommended websites. The text adheres to the CASN/ANAC/CAN framework for teaching cultural competence and safety in regard to aboriginal health, and meets the needs of a curriculum that is highly recommended and will likely be required in the near future.Included with the text are an instructor'Äôs manual, study guide, and sample exams.

ISBN

9780826117977

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

REF GN 400 DOU 2013

Copies

Editor

Greenwood, Margo

de Leeuw, Sarah

Lindsay, Nicole Marie

Reading, Charlotte

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Canadian Scholars Press

Publication Date

2015

Physical Description

Paperback, 279 p.

Subject

Aboriginal Health

Community Health Services

Leadership/Coaching

Abstract

The health disparities affecting Indigenous peoples in Canada might well be understood as a national epidemic. Although progress has been made in the last decade towards both understanding and ameliorating Indigenous health inequalities, very little research or writing has expanded a social determinants of health framework to account for the unique histories and present realities of Indigenous peoples in this country. This timely edited collection addresses this significant knowledge gap, exploring the ways that multiple health determinants beyond the social―from colonialism to geography, from economy to biology―converge to impact the health status of Indigenous peoples in Canada.

This unique collection, comprised largely of contributions by Indigenous authors, offers the voices and expertise of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis writers from across Canada. The multitude of health determinants of Indigenous peoples are considered in a selection of chapters that range from scholarly papers by research experts in the field, to reflective essays by Indigenous leaders. Appropriate throughout a range of disciplines, including Health Studies, Indigenous Studies, Public and Population Health, Community Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, and Social Work, this engaging text broadens the social determinants of health framework to better understand health inequality. Most importantly, it does so by placing front and center the voices and experiences of Indigenous peoples.

ISBN

9781551307329

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

REF GN 400 GRE 2015

Copies

Author

Hoffman-Goetz, Laurie

Donelle, Lorie

Ahmed, Ruksana

Edition

1st ed.

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Canadian Scholars' Press Inc.

Publication Date

2014

Physical Description

Paperback, 248 p.,ill.

Subject

Patient Education

Patient-Health Care Practitioner Relations. Doctor-Patient Relations.

Leadership/Coaching

Abstract

Why do we need health literacy? Through a health promotion and social justice lens, Laurie Hoffman-Goetz, Lorie Donelle, and Rukhsana Ahmed describe health literacy as an increasingly important determinant of health and highlight the necessity of health literacy skills for ensuring equitable access to health care information and services. This core text offers a critical examination of how culture, ethnicity, social media applications, and the literacy and digital divides affect individuals? ability to secure health information, services, and support. Health Literacy in Canada will inform the way we respond to public health issues in Canada and around the world. This pedagogically rich and highly accessible text is ideal for use in upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in public health, health promotion, health communication, risk communication and perception, and gerontology.

ISBN

9781551305592

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

REF IA 850 HOF 2014

Copies

Author

Waldram, James B

Herring, Ann

Young, T. Kue

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

University of Toronto Press

Publication Date

2006

Physical Description

Paperback, 367 p.

Subject

Aboriginal Health

Leadership/Coaching

Abstract

Numerous studies, inquiries, and statistics accumulated over the years have demonstrated the poor health status of Aboriginal peoples relative to the Canadian population in general. Aboriginal Health in Canada is about the complex web of physiological, psychological, spiritual, historical, sociological, cultural, economic, and environmental factors that contribute to health and disease patterns among the Aboriginal peoples of Canada.

The authors explore the evidence for changes in patterns of health and disease prior to and since European contact, up to the present. They discuss medical systems and the place of medicine within various Aboriginal cultures and trace the relationship between politics and the organization of health services for Aboriginal people. They also examine popular explanations for Aboriginal health patterns today, and emphasize the need to understand both the historical-cultural context of health issues, as well as the circumstances that give rise to variation in health problems and healing strategies in Aboriginal communities across the country. An overview of Aboriginal peoples in Canada provides a very general background for the non-specialist. Finally, contemporary Aboriginal healing traditions, the issue of self-determination and health care, and current trends in Aboriginal health issues are examined.

ISBN

97808082085795

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

REF GN 400 WAL 2006

Copies

Editor

Kirmayer, Laurence J.

Valaskakis, Gail

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

UBC Press

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

Paperback, 239 p.

Subject

Aboriginal Health

Leadership/Coaching

Abstract

The book is divided into four sections: an overview of the mental health of indigenous peoples; origins and representations of social suffering; transformations of identity and community; and traditional healing and mental health services. Cross-cutting themes include: the impact of colonialism, sedentarization, and forced assimilation; the importance of land for indigenous identity and an ecocentric self; notions of space and place as part of the cultural matrix of identity and experience; and processes of healing and spirituality as sources of resilience.

Offering a unique combination of mental health and socio-cultural perspectives, Healing Traditions will be useful to all concerned with the wellbeing of Aboriginal peoples including health professionals, community workers, planners and administrators, social scientists, educators, and students.

ISBN

9780774815246

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

REF GN 400 KIR 2009

Copies

Author

Hebert, Philip C.

Edition

2nd edition

Place of Publication

Oxford, UK

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Date

2008

Physical Description

Paperback: p 290.

Subject

Medical Ethics

Physicians

UBC MD Undergrad

Abstract

This book offers healthcare trainees and practitioners alike a comprehensive, usable guide to biomedical ethics today. This text works through questions of moral principles relevant to a diverse and growing number of healthcare professionals. Rather than focus on theory, the text takes an applied, case-study based approach that makes complex ethical issues real and relatable. Updates to this edition include new discussions on reproductive technology and reproductive choice, medical professionalism, and managing error. Also new are thoroughly updated references, expanded theoretical coverage, and case studies that reflect team ethics. This is an ideal text for second-and third-year one-semester ethics courses offered in medical schools, health sciences departments, and nursing programs.

ISBN

978-0-19-542841-4

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

REF IC 100 HEB 2008

Copies

Author

Hebert, Philip C.

Edition

3rd edition

Place of Publication

Oxford, UK

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Date

2014

Physical Description

Paperback: p 354.

Subject

Medical Ethics

Physicians

UBC MD Undergrad

Abstract

This book offers healthcare trainees and practitioners alike a comprehensive, usable guide to biomedical ethics today. This text works through questions of moral principles relevant to a diverse and growing number of healthcare professionals. Rather than focus on theory, the text takes an applied, case-study based approach that makes complex ethical issues real and relatable. Updates to this edition include new discussions on reproductive technology and reproductive choice, medical professionalism, and managing error. Also new are thoroughly updated references, expanded theoretical coverage, and case studies that reflect team ethics. This is an ideal text for second-and third-year one-semester ethics courses offered in medical schools, health sciences departments, and nursing programs.

ISBN

9780199005529

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

REF IC 100 HEB 2014

Copies

Author

Marmot, Michael

Place of Publication

New York

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Publication Date

2015

Physical Description

387pp

Subjects

Anti-Racism

Diversity

Social Injustice

Abstract

In Baltimore's inner-city neighborhood of Upton/Druid Heights, a man's life expectancy is sixty-three; not far away, in the Greater Roland Park/Poplar neighborhood, life expectancy is eighty-three. The same twenty-year avoidable disparity exists in the Calton and Lenzie neighborhoods of Glasgow, and in other cities around the world.

In Sierra Leone, one in 21 fifteen-year-old women will die in her fertile years of a maternal-related cause; in Italy, the figure is one in 17,100; but in the United States, which spends more on healthcare than any other country in the world, it is one in 1,800 (and now, with the new administration chipping away at Obamacare, the statistics stand to grow even more devastating). Why?

Dramatic differences in health are not a simple matter of rich and poor; poverty alone doesn't drive ill health, but inequality does. Indeed, suicide, heart disease, lung disease, obesity, and diabetes, for example, are all linked to social disadvantage. In every country, people at relative social disadvantage suffer health disadvantage and shorter lives. Within countries, the higher the social status of individuals, the better their health. These health inequalities defy the usual explanations. Conventional approaches to improving health have emphasized access to technical solutions and changes in the behavior of individuals, but these methods only go so far. What really makes a difference is creating the conditions for people to have control over their lives, to have the power to live as they want. Empowerment is the key to reducing health inequality and thereby improving the health of everyone. Marmot emphasizes that the rate of illness of a society as a whole determines how well it functions; the greater the health inequity, the greater the dysfunction.

Marmot underscores that we have the tools and resources materially to improve levels of health for individuals and societies around the world, and that to not do so would be a form of injustice. Citing powerful examples and startling statistics (?young men in the U.S. have less chance of surviving to sixty than young men in forty-nine other countries?), The Health Gap presents compelling evidence for a radical change in the way we think about health and indeed society, and inspires us to address the societal imbalances in power, money, and resources that work against health equity.

ISBN

9781-63286-0781

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

REF NR 100 MAR 2015

Copies

Author

Geddes, Gary

Edition

1st

Place of Publication

British Columbia, Canada

Publisher

Heritage House

Publication Date

2017

Physical Description

320pp

Subjects

Anti-Racism

Diversity

Indigenous

Reconciliation

Abstract

After the publication of his critically acclaimed 2011 book Drink the Bitter Root: A Writer?s Search for Justice and Healing in Africa, author Gary Geddes turned the investigative lens on his own country, embarking on a long and difficult journey across Canada to interview Indigenous elders willing to share their experiences of segregated health care, including their treatment in the "Indian hospitals" that existed from coast to coast for over half a century.

The memories recounted by these survivors?from gratuitous drug and surgical experiments to electroshock treatments intended to destroy the memory of sexual abuse?are truly harrowing, and will surely shatter any lingering illusions about the virtues or good intentions of our colonial past. Yet, this is more than just the painful history of a once-so-called vanishing people (a people who have resisted vanishing despite the best efforts of those in charge); it is a testament to survival, perseverance, and the power of memory to keep history alive and promote the idea of a more open and just future.

Released to coincide with the Year of Reconciliation (2017), Medicine Unbundled is an important and timely contribution to our national narrative.

ISBN

978-1772031645

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

REF NR 100 GED 2017

Copies

Author

Singh, Anneliese A.

Place of Publication

Oakland, CA

Publisher

New Harbinger Publications Inc

Publication Date

2019

Physical Description

222pp

Subjects

Anti-Racism

Diversity

Abstract

Healing from racism is a journey that often involves reliving trauma and experiencing feelings of shame, guilt, and anxiety. This journey can be a bumpy ride, and before we begin healing, we need to gain an understanding of the role history plays in racial/ethnic myths and stereotypes. In so many ways, to heal from racism, you must re-educate yourself and unlearn the processes of racism. This book can help guide you.

The Racial Healing Handbook offers practical tools to help you navigate daily and past experiences of racism, challenge internalized negative messages and privileges, and handle feelings of stress and shame. You?ll also learn to develop a profound racial consciousness and conscientiousness, and heal from grief and trauma. Most importantly, you?ll discover the building blocks to creating a community of healing in a world still filled with racial microaggressions and discrimination.

This book is not just about ending racial harm?it is about racial liberation. This journey is one that we must take together. It promises the possibility of moving through this pain and grief to experience the hope, resilience, and freedom that helps you not only self-actualize, but also makes the world a better place.

ISBN

9781-68403-2709

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

REF NR 100 SIN 2019

Copies

Author

Neinstein, Lawrence S.

Gordon, Catherine M.

Katzman, Debra K.

Rosen, David S.

Woods, Elizabeth R.

Edition

5th ed.

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, PA

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Publication Date

2008

Physical Description

Hardcover: 1132 P.

Subject

Young Adults

Young Adults Health Promotion

Young Adults Sexuality

Sexual Health

Young Adults Coping with Family Illness

Young Adults-Mental Health. Psychology

Abstract

Deals with adolescent medicine. This guide is suitable for health care facilities that treat adolescents. Recommended by the American College of Physicians for their internal medicine library, it includes chapters that cover psychosomatic illness and complementary medicine. It can also be used for board preparation.

ISBN

9780781792561

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

REF GL 200 NEI 2008

Copies

Author

McGibbon, Elizabeth Anne

Etowa, Josephine B.;

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Canadian Scholars Press

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

Paperback, 245 p., ill.

Subject

Leadership/Coaching

Public Health and Safety

Bullying

Abstract

Building on an everyday clinical practice perspective, the authors provide clear and detailed definitions of concepts and terms related to racism and health. Filled with examples of racism in the health care system and strategies to examine and contest racism, this book will become an essential resource for students and practitioners in the health sciences, the sociology of health, and a variety of other disciplines which investigate racism.

ISBN

9781551303550

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

REF BE 500 MCG 2009

Copies

Website Notes

Click on the link to view/print.

Author

Bilsker, Dan

Petermann, Lisa

Elliot M. Goldner

Place of Publication

Calgary, Alberta

Publisher

Mental Health Commission of Canada

Publication Date

2012

Physical Description

PDF file: 30 pages

Subject

Perspectives in Health Care

Abstract

The I2I is a how-to guide for driving change using KT activities. It is built around the concept of innovation: products, actions, services or relationships that have the potential to enhance health outcomes. The guide illustrates how to move from innovation to implementation in a thoughtful manner to achieve the desired outcomes of a project or initiative. The I2I is not meant to replace KT frameworks such as the PARiHS framework, the Knowledge Exchange Model or the Knowledge-to-Action process, but rather to facilitate an increase in their application through the development of a practical, action-oriented guide. The I2I is a practical, step-by-step guide to achieving successful KT. It highlights the importance of bringing a wide range of participants to the table, respecting both diversity and uniqueness, where knowledge is jointly identified, created or applied. It also stresses the importance of incorporating various knowledge perspectives.

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Online

Website

http://www.perinatalservicesbc.ca/Documents/Guidelines-Standards/Maternal/MentalHealthDisordersGuideline.pdf

Corporate Author

BC Reproductive Mental Health Program

Perinatal Services BC

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

BC Reproductive Mental Health

Publication Date

2014

Physical Description

Softcover: 90 p.

Subject

Pregnancy/Childbirth. Obstetrics

Mental Health/Illness

Prenatal Care

Mental Health

Anxiety

Abstract

These guidelines are designed to support healthcare clinicians with early detection and treatment of mental health disorders in pregnant and postpartum women.

The guidelines include:

• an overview of mental health disorders in the perinatal period;

• four common disorders: depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, and psychotic disorders, including postpartum psychosis; and

• education and prevention, screening and diagnosis, treatment, and recommendations for each disorder.

Notes

Please note that the version for sale is in BLACK & WHITE only.

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

REF GH 200 BCR 2014

Copies