Medical, Health Policy
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Opioids
Burying the Truth One Person at a Time
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Millions of people across North America have been impacted by the ongoing opioid crisis, but why has it taken so long for us to make a serious dent in this crisis? And why is it still plaguing us today? Here, author Reggie Caverson, an addictions...
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Building Better Pharma Policy in Canada
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What if Canada’s pharmaceutical policies are doing more harm than good—sacrificing patient access and innovation in the name of cost control? In Building Better Pharma Policy in Canada, Brett J Skinner, PhD, delivers a compelling critique of how...
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Invisible Insanity
A Social History of Mental Illness
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From the frontlines of the fight for dignity and appropriate treatment for those struggling with mental health challenges, John Deadman, Sam Sussman, and David Streiner offer a social history of mental illness in Canada and the world that is rich...
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Dying to be Seen
The Race to Save Medicare in Canada
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Canada’s public health care system is under attack. Defunding, deregulating, defrauding, and deliberate disintegration have manipulated Canadians into despising their once-beloved system as unsustainable, unfixable, and cost-prohibitive. There is...
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Without a Manual
The reflections of a woman in her forties determined to live her fullest life, while facing terminal illness
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In 2009, after being diagnosed with Erdheim-Chester Disease, a rare, life-ending illness, author Sandy Trunzer began a blog, with the simple intention of keeping friends updated on her health. Over time, and with feedback from an ever-increasing...
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Dark Agenda
How to Manufacture a Pandemic
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What is the purpose of the medical industry? Is the health of the people really its goal? Medicine has become a sacred topic, unchallenged and undiscussed. But now, more than ever, it needs to be examined more closely. Samuel Dancey argues that...
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Drug Safety
Problems, Pitfalls and Solutions in Identifying and Evaluating Risk
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With “Big Pharma” garnering an increasing number of negative headlines due to reports of adverse drug reactions and a surge in prescription drug addiction and overdose deaths, many people are increasingly skeptical about the safety of modern...
