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Health Studies
Featured titles in Health Studies
- Taking a unique look at health promotion and aging in Canada, this edited collection uses the action framework in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion to explore the factors and issues related to the health of older adults. The book is organized around the five action areas... more
Promoting the Health of Older Adults
The Canadian Experience
Irving Rootman, Peggy Edwards, Mélanie Levasseur, Frances Grunberg
- The revised third edition of the formerly titled Substance Use and Abuse retains its comprehensive, holistic examination of the field of substance use and misuse from a Canadian perspective. Now organized into seven sections, the 30 chapters examine the nature of addiction; ex... more
- Poverty, Mental Health, and Social Inclusion offers a comprehensive selection of chapters written by academic researchers as well as direct practitioners and mental health consumer-survivors to examine the intersection of poverty, mental health, and social exclusion. With the ... more
Poverty, Mental Health, and Social Inclusion
Cheryl Forchuk, Rick Csiernik
- Now in its third edition, this comprehensive text provides a unique, interdisciplinary perspective on poverty and its impact on the health and quality of life of Canadians. Considering a broad range of topics, Dennis Raphael covers the central issues of defining and measuring ... more
- April 2009
- 9781551303550
- $68.95 Print
- $63.95 Digital
- March 2008
- 9780889614642
- $60.95 Print
- $55.95 Digital
Dissonant Disabilities
Women with Chronic Illnesses Explore Their Lives
Diane Driedger, Michelle Owen
- August 2005
- 9781551302782
- $68.95 Print
- $63.95 Digital
Social Work in Health and Mental Health
Issues, Developments and Actions
Tuula Heinonen, Anna Metteri
- August 2005
- 9781551302768
- $54.95 Print
- $49.95 Digital
- August 2004
- 9781551302331
- $62.95 Print
- May 2004
- 9781551302645
- $38.95 Print
- $33.95 Digital
- March 2004
- 9781551302720
- $41.95 Print
- $36.95 Digital