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Cambridge University Press AIDS Rhetoric and Medical Knowledge
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Cambridge University Press Gambling as an Addictive Behaviour
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Cambridge University Press Alcohol Addiction and Christian Ethics 27 New Studies in Christian Ethics Series Number 27
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Cambridge University Press Drug Abuse Concepts Prevention and Cessation Cambridge Studies on Child and Adolescent Health
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Cambridge University Press Economics and Marijuana
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Cambridge University Press Conscientious Objection in Medicine
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Oxford University Press Covid and Custom in Rural South Africa
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University of Washington Press A Family History of Illness
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University of Wisconsin Press In the Province of the Gods
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Kenny Fries writes out of the pure hot emergency of a mortal being trying to keep himself alive. So much is at stake here—health, affection, culture, trauma, language—but its greatest surprise is what thrives in the midst of suffering. A beautiful book.”—Paul Lisicky, author of The Narrow Door“In this subtle page turner, Fries helps reinvent the travel-as-pilgrimage narrative. He neither exoticizes nor shies away from the potential pitfalls of a Western mind traveling abroad; instead he demonstrates how, through an all-too-rare open heart and a true poet’s eye, bridges can be built and understanding deepened, one sincere action at a time.”—Marie Mutsuki Mockett, author of Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye“Deeply moving and exquisitely written about many things—cultural and physical difference, sexuality, love, loss, mortality, and the ephemeral nature of beauty and art—and a love letter to Japan.”— Mira Bartók, author of The Memory Palace“Not your typical AIDS memoir. . . . It’s also a book about living with a life-long disability, living in a unique and vastly different culture than one’s own. . . . Fries offers compelling insight into Japanese culture. Perhaps from a lifetime spent on the outside looking in, he shines in his understanding of and his perspective on the human condition.” — John Francis Leonard, A&U“An achingly beautiful and intricately-woven personal narrative…. Fries’ prose shines with a honed and brightly polished clarity—each phrase hangs heavy with meaning, reduced only to what is necessary, a world in of itself. . . . to read it is to experience what true literary achievement really means.”—Julia Bouwsma, Connotation Press“Absorbing, moving and intensely human. . . . In the unsettled and often angry world of disability politics, Kenny Fries' memoir enters centre stage, projecting an oasis of calm and insightful enquiry.”—WordgatheringTable of Contents Prologue: In the Province of the Gods I. Floating One: Genkan Two: Fortune Three: Barrier Free Four: Foreign Affairs Five: Mono no Aware Six: Physical Facts Seven: A Mountain of Skulls and Candlelit Graves Eight: An Infected Throat and a Healing Tree Nine: Borrowing the Hills II. Away One: Before Two: After III. World One: Survivals Two: A Pair of One-Winged Birds Three: History Being Created, or What the Leech Child Says Four: Rare and Uncommon Beings Five: Bubbling Water Six: My Japan Seven: Before and After Eight: Positive Effects Nine: New Stories in an Ancient Land Epilogue: Procession Acknowledgments Suggested Readings
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Hachette Books We Are Electric
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Random House USA Inc Asylums
Book SynopsisAsylums is an analysis of life in total institutions -- closed worlds such as prisons, army training camps, naval vessels, boarding schools, monastaries, nursing homes and mental hospitals -- where the inmates are regimented, surrounded by other inmates, and unable to leave the premises. It describes what these institutions make of the inmate, and what he or she can make of life inside them. Special attention is focused on mental hospitals, drawing on the author's year of field work at St. Elizabeth's in Washington, D.C., one of America's most well-known institutions. It is the thesis of this book that the most important factor in forming a mental-hospital patient is the institution, not the illness, and that the patient's reactions and adjustments are those of inmates in other types of institutions as well. The first essay is a general portrait of life in a total instituion. The other three consider special aspects of this existence: the initial eff
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WW Norton & Co Saving Gotham
Book SynopsisThe inside story of the most audacious public health campaign of the twenty-first century.Trade Review"In recent years, New York City adopted a series of bold initiatives to reduce smoking, to combat childhood obesity, and otherwise to promote public health. Tom Farley was there, and he tells the gripping inside story. Think that a public heath department can’t save lives? Think again!" -- Cass R. Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor, Harvard University, and coauthor of Nudge"For twelve years, Mike Bloomberg was mayor of New York City, and the two Toms (Frieden and Farley) ran the health department. The brash, fearless trio took on Big Tobacco and salt- and sugar-pushers to make New York the healthiest city in America, with a life expectancy three years longer than the nation’s. This great book tells you how they did it." -- Laurie Garrett, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and author of I Heard The Sirens Scream: How Americans Responded to the 9/11 and Anthrax Attacks"There is a reason why people in New York City live longer than average Americans, and this book tells you why. Tom Farley has written a fast-paced chronicle of those exciting years and recounts how a mayor who didn’t have to worry about raising funds for his campaigns told his health commissioners to think big and save lives." -- Richard Besser, MD, chief health and medical editor, ABC News"As mayor of NYC, Michael Bloomberg showed the world that an enlightened leader can tremendously improve the health and well-being of his constituents. In this riveting book, Dr. Farley uses his experiences as a member of Bloomberg’s public health team to describe the challenges and opposition faced at every step." -- Walter Willett, MD, DrPH, chair, Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health"In Saving Gotham the former New York City health commissioner provides the inside story on how the city led the nation by dramatically reducing smoking rates, eliminating artificial trans fats from restaurants, getting calorie information on restaurant menus, and reducing soda consumption and obesity. Those efforts are saving thousands of lives every year." -- Michael F. Jacobson, PhD, executive director, Center for Science in the Public Interest
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WW Norton & Co The Wisdom of Whores Bureaucrats Brothels and the
Book Synopsis“[A] rollicking, eye-opening, hilarious account of the underbelly of international AIDS research.”—Carlin Romano, Philadelphia InquirerTrade Review"The book will make you reconsider everything you thought you knew about HIV/AIDS." -- Katie Hunter - Foreign Policy"This is an utterly fascinating book. . . . Elizabeth Pisani writes with enormous verve and acerbity, her prose alive with anecdote and metaphor. . . . The Wisdom of Whores is a great read." -- Stephen Lewis, The Globe and Mail
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INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US Grass Roots The Rise and Fall and Rise of
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Handbook of HIV and Social Work
Book SynopsisPraise for Handbook of HIV and Social Work Cynthia Cannon Poindexter has given us a remarkable edited volume that contains much information on HIV that every professional social worker needs to know in order to practice competently in today''s complex world.From the Foreword by Vincent J. Lynch, MSW, PhD, Boston College Graduate School of Social Work This comprehensive handbook assembles a group of social work scholars and practitioners to participate in, guide, and address many of the unresolved challenges characterizing the HIV debates. This handbook is a valuable and timely addition to the literature.King Davis, MSW, PhD, The Robert Lee Sutherland Chair in Mental Health and Social Policy, The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work This handbook is an outstanding resource for the social work professional working to ensure equal access to care, treatment, and resources for all persons living with and/or affected by HIV.Evelyn P. Tomaszewski, MSW, Table of ContentsForeword (Vincent J. Lynch). Preface. About the Editor. About the Contributors. Part One: HIV Basics and Social Work Principles. Chapter 1 HIV History, Illness, Transmission, and Treatment (Ryan M. Kull). Chapter 2 Underlying Principles of Helping in the HIV Field (Hugo Kamya). Chapter 3 Cultural Competence and HIV (Manoj Paradasani, Claudia Lucia Moreno, and Nicholas Robertson Forge). Chapter 4 The Human Rights Framework Applied to HIV Services and Policy (Cynthia Cannon Poindexter). Part Two: Social Work Practice. Chapter 5 HIV-Related Case Management (Douglas M. Brooks). Chapter 6 HIV-Related Crisis Intervention and Counseling (Michael P. Melendez). Chapter 7 HIV Social Work Roles, Tasks, and Challenges in Health Care Settings (Brian Giddens). Chapter 8 HIV-Related Group Work and Family Support (Patricia A. Stewart and Valerie Dixson-Anderson). Chapter 9 Administration of HIV Services: Program Development, Management, and Fund Development (Dana B. Marlowe). Chapter 10 HIV-Related Community Organizing and Grassroots Advocacy (Larry M. Gant). Chapter 11 HIV-Related Political and Legislative Intervention (Gary Bailey). Chapter 12 HIV Prevention Innovations and Challenges (Peter A. Newman). Part Three: Specific Vulnerable Populations. Chapter 13 Women and HIV in the U.S.: From Invisible to Self-Determined (Sally Mason). Chapter 14 HIV Prevention and Services for Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men: Now is Still the Time (David J. Brennan and Winston Husbands). Chapter 15 The Impact of HIV on Children and Adolescents (Lori Wiener and Susan Taylor-Brown). Chapter 16 HIV-Infected and HIV-Affected Midlife and Older Persons (Charles A. Emlet). Chapter 17 HIV and Black and African-American Communities in the Twenty-first Century (Darrell P. Wheeler, Bernadette R. Hadden, Michael Lewis, Laurens G. Van Sluytman, and Tyrone M. Parchment). Chapter 18 Latinos and HIV: A Framework to Develop Evidence-Based Strategies (Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Alida Bouris, and Susan M. Gallego). Chapter 19 HIV-Affected Caregivers (Helen Land). Chapter 20 Afterward: Looking Back, Looking Forward in HIV Social Work (Cynthia Cannon Poindexter and Nathan L. Linsk). Author Index. Subject Index.
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Random House USA Inc Under Our Roof
Book SynopsisA congresswoman and her son reveal how he survived a ten-year battle with opioid abuse—and what their family’s journey to recovery can teach us about finding hope amid the unspeakable.“Beautiful and inspiring.”—Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper (Book of the Week)When Madeleine Dean discovered that her son Harry was stealing from the family to feed a painkiller addiction, she was days away from taking the biggest risk of her life: running for statewide office in Pennsylvania. For years, she had sensed something was wrong. Harry was losing weight and losing friends. He had lost the brightness in his eyes and voice, changing from a young boy with boundless enthusiasm to a shadow of himself, chasing something she could not see. Now her worst fears had come to light. Under Our Roof is the story of a national crisis suffered in the intimacy of so many homes, told with incredible candor through the dual perspectives of a mother rising in politics and a son living a double life, afraid of what might happen if his secret is exposed. In this honest, bracing, yet ultimately uplifting memoir, they discuss the patterns of a family dealing with an unspoken disease, the fear that keeps addicts hiding in shame, and the moments of honesty, faith, and personal insight that led to Harry’s recovery. In a country searching for answers to the devastating effects of opioids and drug abuse, Under Our Roof is a ray of hope in the darkness. It is not only a love story between mother and son but also an honest account of a pressing national crisis by a family poised to make a difference.
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Random House USA Inc Our Malady
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Tyranny comes an impassioned condemnation of America''s pandemic response and an urgent call to rethink health and freedom.On December 29, 2019, historian Timothy Snyder fell gravely ill. Unable to stand, barely able to think, he waited for hours in an emergency room before being correctly diagnosed and rushed into surgery. Over the next few days, as he clung to life and the first light of a new year came through his window, he found himself reflecting on the fragility of health, not recognized in America as a human right but without which all rights and freedoms have no meaning.And that was before the pandemic. We have since watched American hospitals, long understaffed and undersupplied, buckling under waves of ill patients. The federal government made matters worse through willful ignorance, misinformation, and profiteering. Our system of commercial medicine failed the ultimate test, and thousands of Americans died.In this eye-opening cri de coeur, Snyder traces the societal forces that led us here and outlines the lessons we must learn to survive. In examining some of the darkest moments of recent history and of his own life, Snyder finds glimmers of hope and principles that could lead us out of our current malaise. Only by enshrining healthcare as a human right, elevating the authority of doctors and medical knowledge, and planning for our children’s future can we create an America where everyone is truly free.
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Crown Magic Pill
Book SynopsisThe bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus offers a revelatory look at the new drugs transforming weight loss as we know it—from his personal experience on Ozempic to our ability to heal our society’s dysfunctional relationship with food, weight, and our bodies.In January 2023, Johann Hari started to inject himself once a week with Ozempic, one of the new drugs that produces significant weight loss. He wasn’t alone—some predictions suggest that in a few years, a quarter of the U.S. population will be taking these drugs. While around 80 percent of diets fail, someone taking one of the new drugs will lose up to a quarter of their body weight in six months. To the drugs’ defenders, here is a moment of liberation from a condition that massively increases your chances of diabetes, cancer, and an early death. Still, Hari was wildly conflicted. Can these drugs really be as good as they sound? Are they a m
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Beacon Press When We Do Harm
Book SynopsisMedical mistakes are more pervasive than we think. How can we improve outcomes? An acclaimed MD’s rich stories and research explore patient safety.Patients enter the medical system with faith that they will receive the best care possible, so when things go wrong, it’s a profound and painful breach. Medical science has made enormous strides in decreasing mortality and suffering, but there’s no doubt that treatment can also cause harm, a significant portion of which is preventable. In When We Do Harm, practicing physician and acclaimed author Danielle Ofri places the issues of medical error and patient safety front and center in our national healthcare conversation.Drawing on current research, professional experience, and extensive interviews with nurses, physicians, administrators, researchers, patients, and families, Dr. Ofri explores the diagnostic, systemic, and cognitive causes of medical error. She advocates for strategic use of concr
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Hays (Nicolas) Ltd ,U.S. Celtic Queen Maeve and Addiction An Archetypal
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Taylor & Francis Medical Sociology
Book SynopsisThe most comprehensive major academic textbook available on its topic, this classic text presents the most important research studies in the field. The author integrates engaging first-person accounts from patients, physicians, and other health care providers throughout the text. Since its inception, this book's principal goal has been to introduce students to the field of medical sociology and serve as a reference for faculty by presenting the most current ideas, issues, concepts, themes, theories, and research findings in the field. This new edition is heavily revised with updated data and important new additions. New to this edition: A contemporary account of medical sociologyâs subfields (Chapter 1) New chapter on COVID-19 (Chapter 3) Update on the widening gap in life expectancy between the rich and the poor (Chapter 4) New chapter on gender and health, including the convergence of life expeTable of Contents1. Medical Sociology 2. Social Epidemiology 3. COVID-19 4. The Social Demography of Health: Social Class 5. The Social Demography of Health: Gender 6. The Social Demography of Health: Age and Race 7. Social Stress and Health 8. Health Behavior and Lifestyles 9. Illness Behavior and the Sick Role 10. Doctor-Patient Interaction 11. Physicians 12. The Physician in a Changing Society 13. Nurses, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, and Midwives 14. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) 15. Hospitals 16. Health Care Reform and Public Policy in the United States 17. Global Health Care
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St Martin's Press Mill Town
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Johns Hopkins University Press An Introduction to the US Health Care Industry
Book SynopsisWhy does US health care have such high costs and poor outcomes? Dr. David S. Guzick offers this critique of the American health care industry and argues that it could work more effectively by rebalancing care, cost, and access. For decades, the United States has been faced with a puzzling problem: Despite spending much more money per capita on health care than any other developed nation, its population suffers from notoriously poorer health. In comparison with 10 other high-income nations, in fact, the US has the lowest life expectancy at birth, the highest rates of infant and neonatal mortality, and the most inequitable access to physicians when adjusted for need. In An Introduction to the US Health Care Industry, Dr. David S. Guzick takes an in-depth look at this troubling issue. Bringing to bear his unique background as a physician, economist, former University of Rochester medical school dean, and former president of the University of Florida Health System, Dr. Guzick shows that Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Setting the Stage: Health and Health Care over the Past CenturyPart I. Economic UnderpinningsChapter 2. Perfect Competition and Its Applicability to Health Care Services Chapter 3. Imperfections in the Market for Health Care Services Chapter 4. Implications of an Imperfect Market I: Greater Utilization Due to Price Subsidies Chapter 5. Implications of an Imperfect Market II: The Role of Induced Demand Chapter 6. The Role of Price in Health Care Spending Growth Chapter 7. Inequality of Wealth, Health, and Access to Care Part II. Historical EvolutionChapter 8. Origins and Structural Underpinnings of the US Health Care Industry Chapter 9. The US Health Care Industry Takes Shape: The 1940s through 1965 Chapter 10. Medicare Chapter 11. Medicaid Chapter 12. The Affordable Care Act Part III. Contemporary EnvironmentChapter 13. Evidence-Based Practice Chapter 14. Cost-Benefit, Cost-Effectiveness, and Cost-Utility Analysis Chapter 15. Health Care Law Chapter 16. The Safety and Quality of Patient Care Chapter 17. The Cost Conundrum I: Utilization Chapter 18. The Cost Conundrum II: Price: Administration, Insurers, Physicians, and Hospitals Chapter 19. The Cost Conundrum III: Price: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Chapter 20. Inequality of Access Part IV. Improving the Balance of Care, Cost, and AccessChapter 21. Improving the Balance I: Macro Considerations Chapter 22. Improving the Balance II: Enhancing Care, Reducing Cost, and Improving Access References Index
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Time Warner Trade Publishing Natural Causes
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Seal Press (CA) Who Cares: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and
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Seal Press (CA) Bending the Arc: My Journey from Prison to
Book SynopsisA searing exposé of the profound failures in our justice system, told by a woman who has journeyed from wrongfully accused prisoner to acclaimed public defenderKeeda Haynes was a Girl Scout and a churchgoer, but after college graduation, she was imprisoned for a crime she didn’t commit. Her boyfriend had asked her to sign for some packages—packages she did not know were filled with marijuana. As a young Black woman falsely accused, prosecuted, and ultimately imprisoned, Haynes suffered the abuses of our racist and sexist justice system. But rather than give in to despair, she decided to fight for change. After her release, she attended law school at night, became a public defender, and ultimately staged a highly publicized campaign for Congress. At every turn of her unlikely story, she gives unique insights into the inequities built into our institutions. In the end, despite the injustice she endured, she emerges convinced that ours can become a true second-chance culture.
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PublicAffairs American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three
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Ronsdale Press Autistic Adults: Exploring the Forgotten End of
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Paragon House Publishers Plague in Paradise: The Black Death in Los
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PublicAffairs A Big Fat Crisis The Hidden Forces Behind the
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Steerforth Press OCME: Life in America's Top Forensic Medical
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Lantern Books,US A Far, Far Better Thing: Did a Fatal Attraction
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University of New Orleans Press Covid-19 and Pandemics in Austrian History
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Chicago Review Press US of AA
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America Through Time The Illustrated History of the Ottawa Tent Colony
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Chicago Review Press Birthing Liberation: How Reproductive Justice Can
Book SynopsisBlack maternal mortality statistics have not shifted in the past thirty years. The maternal mortality rate for Black patients is four to five times higher than it is for White patients. This is just one example of racism as a health and national crisis, but it is a particularly tragic one.Birthing Liberation presents reproductive justice as the pathway to equity. The issue of reproductive justice may sound specific, but it is in fact the birthplace of liberation. Its four guiding principles—analyzing power systems, addressing intersecting oppressions, centering the most marginalized, and joining together across issues and identities—have the power to lead us to collective liberation in all facets of life. Collective liberation rests on the idea that in order for us all to have equity in this world—from the safety of birthing children, to the ability to bring a baby home to a safe community, to having access to resources, safety, and opportunities over the long term—we must all become liberated individuals. Sabia C. Wade is a renowned radical doula and educator inspired to create a guide for how we can all achieve liberation through trauma healing and reproductive justice. Birthing Liberation creates a path to social and systemic change, starting within the birthing world and expanding far beyond.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. In the Room Where It Happens 2. History of Race and Gynecology 3. Present Day Perspective: The Racial Divide 4. Reproductive Justice as the Path to Collective Liberation 5. Unpacking Trauma as a Personal Responsibility 6. Healthy Community, Healthy Parent, and Healthy Baby 7. Birthing Liberation 8. A Return to Birth: A Different Outcome for All
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Baraka Books Still Crying for Help: The Failure of our Mental
Book SynopsisA 32-year-old man diagnosed with mental illness puts an end to his life. Questions spring to mind. Could he have been saved? What health services did he get? Were they sufficient? Helpful? Empathetic? What led to the tragedy? How can it be avoided in the future? Is our mental health system up to modern challenges? Why is it taboo to talk about psychosis, schizophrenia, suicide? Have antipsychotics developed over the past 70 years helped? Or are they just another straitjacket to keep the mentally ill out of the way?Ferid Ferkovic, the author's son, committed suicide a few days after being refused admission to the psychiatric ward of a Montreal hospital. From the very first symptoms until his tragic end, Ferid and his family dealt with vague and changing diagnoses, antipsychotics with devastating side effects, insensitive and non-empathetic health care professionals, and a shocking lack of information about external resources. They quickly learned that their opinions and ideas were simply unwelcome. For Sadia Messaili, the suicide of her son, who immigrated to Canada with his family at the age of 12, is the starting point in this moving and challenging quest for truth about our failing mental-health system, justice, and above all better ways to rekindle hope for people suffering mental illness and for their families.'Ferid's death was not the end,' says Sadia Messaili. 'He has fought through me, and the fight is not over!'Trade Review[Messaili] describes an environment that is coercive, punitive, and shaped to cater to doctors’ egos rather than patients’ needs. Instead of being listened to, Ferid [Messaili’s son] is drugged into submission… those who have tried to navigate the labyrinthine and under-resourced mental health system will find validation in [her] words." —Anne Thériault, Quill & Quire"This is an important book for those that are on both sides of the mental health equation. It shows what a grieving parent goes through (“We grieve twice” she tells us) as they come up against a system that just does not work." —James Fisher, The Miramichi Reader"Messaili details how her son’s needs went unmet by Montreal’s mental-health establishment… [her] prose is clear and direct… Still Crying for Help raises an urgent voice in the ongoing debate about life, death, and mental health." —Shawn Syms, Subterrain
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Demeter Press Mothers, Addiction and Recovery: Finding Meaning
Book SynopsisThis anthology is a collection of personal accounts, research, treatment approaches and policy commentary exploring women's experiences of mothering in the context of addiction. Individual chapters focus on a variety of addictions during pregnancy or mothering including misuse of substances, food and smartphones. A central theme of the book is the meaning of women's maternal identity as key to recovery. Part I focusses on women's lived experiences of mothering through their addiction and recovery. The chapters in part II report findings from studies that have prioritized the perspective of mothers living with addiction. In Part III of this collection, we expand our view of addiction and turn to approaches for supporting mothers of daughters with eating disorders and prevention of smartphone addiction. In part IV, contributors expand on the themes of harm reduction and restorative, healing approaches to the treatment of mothers' addictions that have echoed throughout the chapters of this book. The anthology concludes with a gendered analysis and critique of addiction programs and policy.
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Demeter Press Re-Imagining Mothering & Career (
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Demeter Press African, Caribbean, and Black People's Reselience
Book SynopsisThe COVID-19 pandemic has made transparent the insidiousness of institutional anti-Black racism and its impact on Black people globally. Research and statistics suggest that COVID-19 disproportionately affects African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) people. This collection provides critical discussions on the complexities of resilience in Black communities. Specifically, it highlights the resilience of ACB people, aged 12 to 85 years from Nigeria, South Africa, Jamaica, England, Canada, and the United States, by showcasing their strengths, determination, courage, contribution, leadership, innovation, creativity, cooperation, and community involvement through the sharing of reflections, essays, stories, journals, artwork, and poetry.The authors discuss structural barriers, gender, and sexual violence, health care, education, and institutional anti-anti-Black racism candidly demonstrating their vulnerabilities and resilience.
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Trine Day 15 Ounce Pound
Book SynopsisIn the United States, cannabis is currently illegal, but this book investigates how big pharmaceutical companies are looking at an end-game of legality—controlled by them. It examines how the Amsterdam scene has been transformed; how home growers have been manipulated into using inferior techniques; and how companies, with help from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and “big pharma,” are patenting cannabis strains for control and profit. The leadership of the cannabis industry want to legalize marijuana with taxation and regulation, but the pharmaceutical industry cannot take over medical cannabis without first shutting down the scene today. The book predicts that legalized production will be tightly controlled by major players, using the IRS and DEA as a means of removing other growers. Regulation will also control the amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in each marijuana cigarette, forcing stronger cannabis to be available to medical patients by prescription only. A black market will still exist, so people will still go to jail, and the drug war will go on. With history and explosive, behind-the-scenes looks at big pharma collusion, this book is both an exposé and an in-depth look at the arc of freedom and probable control through use of pharmaceutical patents for marijuana.
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Trine Day Autistic Holocaust
Book SynopsisStressing that autism is a major public health crisis of unequalled proportions, this book accuses the federal government of refusing to acknowledge it as such and having a corrupt and morally unsound relationship with “Big Pharma.” First noting the dramatic rise in cases of autism in the United States since the 1970s, Autistic Indifference then discusses the rampant misuse and dangers associated with vaccinations. Additionally, the book argues that the Center for Disease Control has lied to the American public by presenting inaccurate data on annual flu deaths and, along with the Vaccine Safety Datalink, has buried damaging research on the perils of vaccines. Written by a parent of a child suffering from autism, this book is a must-read for anyone concerned with the neurological brain disorder.
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The University Press of Kentucky The Narcotic Farm: The Rise and Fall of America's
Book SynopsisFrom 1935 until 1975, just about every junkie busted for dope went to the Narcotic Farm. Equal parts federal prison, treatment center, farm, and research laboratory, the Farm was designed to rehabilitate addicts and help researchers discover a cure for drug addiction. Although it began as a bold and ambitious public works project, and became famous as a rehabilitation center frequented by great jazz musicians among others, the Farm was shut down forty years after it opened amid scandal over its drug-testing program, which involved experiments where inmates were being used as human guinea pigs and rewarded with heroin and cocaine for their efforts.Published to coincide with a documentary to be aired on PBS, The Narcotic Farm includes rare and unpublished photographs, film stills, newspaper and magazine clippings, government documents, as well as interviews, writings, and anecdotes from the prisoners, doctors, and guards that trace the Farm's noble rise and tumultuous fall, revealing the compelling story of what really happened inside the prison walls.Table of ContentsIntroduction A New Deal for the Drug Addict Competent and Humane The Two Roads to Narco The Lexington Cure The Fantastic Lodge The Talking Cure Down on the Farm Work is Therapy At Play in the Fields of Narco The Greatest Band You Never Heard The Addiction Research Center The Revolving Door Bibliography
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Rutgers University Press Making Uncertainty: Tuberculosis, Substance Use,
Book SynopsisIn Cape Town, South Africa, many people with tuberculosis also use substances. This sets up a seemingly impossible problem: People who use substances are at increased risk of tuberculosis disease; and substance use seems to result in erratic behavior that makes successful treatment of people affected by tuberculosis extremely difficult. People affected don’t get healthy, healthcare providers are frustrated, and families seek to balance love and care for those who are ill with self-protection. How are we to understand this? Where does the responsibility for poor health and healing lie? What are the possibilities for an effective healthcare response? Through a close look at lives and care, Making Uncertainty: Tuberculosis, Substance Use, and Pathways to Health shows how patterns of substance use, tuberculosis disease, and their interaction are shaped by history, social context, and political economy. This, in turn, generates new perspectives on what makes poor health, and what good care might look like.Trade Review"This is an outstanding ethnography that makes important contributions to medical anthropology specifically in relation to infectious diseases, substance use, and anthropological studies of global health practices and interventions. The nuanced anthropological focus on the intersections of substance use and tuberculosis among marginalized and impoverished persons that Versfeld analyzes in relation to historical legacies of colonialism and Apartheid is both in-depth and accessible. Critical reading for medical anthropologists, global public health scholars, and those interested in health inequalities in Africa and the Global South." -- Erin Koch * author of Free Market Tuberculosis: Managing Epidemics in Postsocialist Georgia *"South Africa has among the highest tuberculosis rates in the world, related to indoor residential crowding, occupational hazards like mining, and high background HIV prevalence. Drug resistance and active TB resurgence magnify the original problem, increasing costs of care and reducing survival. I recommend this important contribution for anyone seeking deeper insights into the healthcare and community challenges facing the syndemic of substance use and TB, often complicated by HIV co-infection. Only a multifaceted response is likely to succeed for a disease too often addressed with limited “vertical” programs." -- Sten Vermund * the Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health, and Dean of the Yale School of Public Health *Table of ContentsSeries Foreword by Lenore Manderson 1 Returners 2 The Stickiness of Moral Opinion 3 Co-constitutions: Makers and Maskers 4 Salience and Silence: Data, Evidence, and the Making of Figure Facts 5 The Challenge of “Unruly” Patients 6 Care to Cure 7 Catching Breath: The Hospital as Restricted Respite 8 Anthropology in Action Acknowledgments Notes References Index
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Rutgers University Press Mapping Medical Anthropology for the TwentyFirst Century
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Rutgers University Press Mapping Medical Anthropology for the TwentyFirst Century
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