Published November, 2020
By Brian D. Hodges, Gail Paech and Jocelyn Bennett
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New technologies are transforming healthcare work, changing how patients interact with healthcare providers. This book is a call for healthcare providers, educators, and organisations to lead with compassion through times of rapid technological change.

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Published October, 2020
By Leslie A. Boehm
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An engaging account of one of the foundations of Canada's health system.

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Published October, 2020
By Arline Bronzaft and Marcia Jenneth Epstein
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A timely evaluation of the noise that surrounds us, how we hear it, and what we can do about it, Marcia Jenneth Epstein gives us the impetus and the tools to understand the sounds and noise that define our daily lives. This is a groundbreaking interdisciplinary study of how auditory stimuli impact both individuals and communities.

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Published October, 2020
By Balfour Mount
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Recognised as the father of palliative care in North America, Mount facilitated a sea change in medical practice by foregrounding concern for the whole person facing incurable illness. This intimate memoir reflects the personal journey of the physician who changed end-of-life care in North America.

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Published September, 2020
By Alain Ehrenberg
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Cognitive neuroscience, once a specialised area of psychology and biology, has enjoyed increased worldwide legitimacy in the last thirty years not only in psychiatry and mental health, but also in such fields as education, economics, marketing, and law. How can this surge in popularity be explained?

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Published September, 2020
By Melissa Diane Armstrong
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An Ambulance on Safari describes the efforts of the African National Congress (ANC) to deliver emergency healthcare to South African exiles and, in the same stroke, to establish political legitimacy and foster anti-apartheid sentiment on an international stage.

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Published September, 2020
By Samir Shaheen-Hussain, Cindy Blackstock and Katsi'tsakwas Ellen Gabriel
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Fighting for a Hand to Hold exposes the medical establishment's role in the displacement, colonization, and genocide of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Shaheen-Hussain's unique perspective combines his experience as a frontline pediatrician with his long-standing involvement in anti-authoritarian social justice movements.

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Published September, 2020
By Melissa Diane Armstrong
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An Ambulance on Safari describes the efforts of the African National Congress (ANC) to deliver emergency healthcare to South African exiles and, in the same stroke, to establish political legitimacy and foster anti-apartheid sentiment on an international stage.

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Published August, 2020
By Sheryl Reimer Kirkham, Rachel Brown, Sonya Sharma and Melania Calestani
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A compelling account of the ways that prayer shows up in public healthcare.

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Published August, 2020
By Xun Zhou
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A long-overdue historical account of Maoist public health initiatives, detailing the ways they were experienced and their global impact.

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