Combining ethnology and memoir, this fascinating book describes the issues surrounding childbirth and motherhood for disabled women. The author, a paraplegic, tells about her own hunt for medical advice ...

When you pair the convenience of your slow cooker with healthy ingredients, you can eat better without sacrificing flavour—it’s the perfect solution for busy lives! Plus it’s a much more economical ...

As access to sufficient health care continues to become a dominant—and divisive—issue in the world today, this resource acts as a primer to the public health care system Canada has had in place for ...

Poverty and Policy in Canada provides a unique, interdisciplinary perspective on poverty and its importance to the health and quality of life of Canadians. This original volume considers a range of issues ...

Surviving in the Hour of Darkness addresses the health issues - physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual - of black women, First Nations women, and other women of colour. The book is a collection of ...

“It is difficult for recent generations to imagine the fear which ‘infantile paralysis’ or poliomyelitis engendered half a century ago. Epidemics developed throughout the world, generally during ...