Health Policy

This year, nearly 1.6 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed and more than 1,500 people will die per day. We've been asked to accept the disappointin...

In the fall of 2021, Dr. Julie Ponesse saw her academic career of 20 years fall apart after she refused a Canadian university's COVID vaccine mandate. This ...

In no other country has health care served as such a volatile flashpoint of ideological conflict. America has endured a century of rancorous debate on heal...

In June 2009, Wendell Potter made national headlines with his scorching testimony before the Senate panel on health care reform. This former senior VP of C...

A medical “page-turner” that traces one doctor’s “remarkable journey to the essence of medicine” (The San Francisco Chronicle). San Francisco’...

A Philosophy Professor Discusses The Right To Health And Explores Both Views On The Issue Including The Idea That It Is A Fundamental Right Along The Lines ...

The inside story of mesh and how women’s health was traded for quick cash. This is a story about greed. The story of vaginal mesh and genital mutilation ...

Morality And Health: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Provides A Compelling Assessment Of The Powerful Role Moral Systems Play In Addressing Matters Of Health...

This Book Is An Introduction To Issues Of The Social Determinants Of Health. Social Determinants Of Health Of The Living And Working Conditions That Shape W...

An Important Check-up On Our Health-care System--and What Urgently Needs Fixing--from A Respected Doctor And Passionate Medicare Advocate. Dr. Danielle Mart...

A guide to the pandemic economy- essential reading about the long-term implications of our current crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed a firehose of...

An Explosive Book That Exposes The Abuses Of Institutionalization. How Many Brothers And Sisters Do You Have? It Was One Of The First Questions Kids Asked E...

Take a random walk through your life and you’ll find it is awash in industrial, often toxic, chemicals. Sip water from a plastic bottle and ingest bisphe...

canada's Health Care, Which Comprises A Myriad Of Institutions And Practices, Is Often Referred To As Canada's Best-loved Social Programme. This Support I...

Every single year in Canada, one-third of all deaths among Indigenous youth are due to suicide. Studies indicate youth between the ages of ten and nineteen...

In Stoned, palliative care physician Dr. David Casarett sets out to do anything-- including experimenting on himself-- to find evidence of marijuana's medic...

A Healthy Society Draws On One Doctor's Experience In Family Practice, Community Building, And Politics To Envision A New Approach To Politics - And A Healt...

In Health Care for Some, Beatrix Hoffman offers an engaging and in-depth look at America’s long tradition of unequal access to health care. She argues tha...

In this edited collection, academics, heath care professionals, and policy-makers examine the historical, political, and social factors that influence the h...