Publishing Division: 2717 books
Global Health Governance
International Law and Public Health in a Divided World
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2005
Globalization has immersed all of humanity in a single germ pool. There are no health sanctuaries in a globalizing world. In Global Health Governance, Obijiofor Aginam explores the relevance of international law in contemporary public health diplomacy. He focuses on the concept of mutual vulnerability...
Harm Reduction
A New Direction for Drug Policies and Programs
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1997
Since the First International Conference on the Reduction of Drug-Related Harm, held in 1990, the term 'harm reduction' has gained wide currency in the areas of public health and drug policy. Previously the field was characterized by heated struggle between prohibition and legalization of addictive...
Critical Digital Studies
A Reader, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Since its initial publication, Critical Digital Studies has proven an indispensable guide to understanding digitally mediated culture. Bringing together the leading scholars in this growing field, internationally renowned scholars Arthur and Marilouise Kroker present an innovative and interdisciplinary...
Northern Communities Working Together
The Social Economy of Canada's North
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2015
The unique historical, economic, and social features of the Canadian North pose special challenges for the social economy – a sector that includes nonprofits, co-operatives, social enterprises, and community economic development organizations. Northern Communities Working Together highlights the...
Ideas and the Pace of Change
National Pharmaceutical Insurance in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
Canada is the only OECD country that has universal, comprehensive public hospital and medical insurance but lacks equivalent pharmaceutical coverage. In Ideas and the Pace of Change, Katherine Boothe explains the reasons for this unique situation. Using archival, interview, and polling data, Boothe...
Access to Medicines as a Human Right
Implications for Pharmaceutical Industry Responsibility
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2012
According to the World Health Organization, one-third of the global population lacks access to essential medicines. Should pharmaceutical companies be ethically or legally responsible for providing affordable medicines for these people, even though they live outside of profitable markets? Can the...
Smiling Down the Line
Info-Service Work in the Global Economy
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2009
Just as textile mills and automotive assembly plants have symbolized previous economic eras, the call centre stands as a potent reminder of the importance of information in contemporary economies. Bob Russell's Smiling Down the Line theorizes call centre work as info-service employment and looks at...
The Dangers of Nuclear War
A Pugwash Symposium
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1979
This collection of studies is one of the most lucid and sober analyses of the dangers of nuclear war, which mankind is facing. Written by natural and social scientists, the book should be read both by statesmen and by the general public. Looking towards the end of the century it makes clear the growing...
Staying Human During Residency Training
How to Survive and Thrive after Medical School, Fifth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2012
The ultimate survival guide for medical students, interns, residents and fellows, Staying Human during Residency Training provides time-tested advice and the latest information on every aspect of a resident's life – from choosing a residency program, to coping with stress, enhancing self-care,...
Staying Human during Residency Training
How to Survive and Thrive After Medical School, Sixth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016
The ultimate survival guide for medical students, interns, residents, and fellows, Staying Human during Residency Training provides time-tested advice and the latest information on every aspect of a resident’s life – from choosing a residency program, to coping with stress, enhancing self-care,...
by Lindsay DuBois
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2008
The Argentine dictatorship of 1976 to 1983 set out to transform Argentine society. Employing every means at its disposal - including rampant violation of human rights, union busting, and regressive economic policies - the dictatorship aimed to create its own kind of order. Lindsay DuBois's The Politics...
Canadian-American Planning
The Seventh Annual Conference on Canadian-American Relations, 1965
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1966
The Seventh Annual Seminar of Canadian-American relations held at the University of Windsor brought together a number of distinguished participants, representing such interested groups as labour, business, and research, to discuss planning. The result is this volume which brings together some of the...
Three Bio-Realms
Biotechnology and the Governance of Food, Health, and Life in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
Biotechnology has become one of the most important issues in public policy and governance, altering the boundaries between the public and the private, the economic and the social, and further complicating the divide between what is scientifically possible and ethically preferred. Given the importance...
At Risk
Social Justice in Child Welfare and Other Human Services
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2009
In At Risk, Karen J. Swift and Marilyn Callahan examine risk and risk assessment in the context of professional practice in child protection, social work, and other human services. They argue that the tools, technologies, and practices used to measure risk to the individual have gone unquestioned...