When patients visit a clinic or hospital, they bring stories of the everyday life conditions that made them sick in the first place – stories about where they work, live, and play; stories about income, food security, and housing....
Health--Social aspects
- Auteur:Bresnahan, Andrew, Brindamour, Mahli, Charles, Christopher, Meili, RyanSommaire:
- Auteur:Maté, GaborSommaire:
From our most trusted and compassionate authority on stress, trauma, and mental well-being—a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and...
- Auteur:Nisker, JeffSommaire:
Patiently Waiting For… is the story of the indomitable, feisty, and subversive Ruth, who, having quadriplegia, longs to access a wider world through use of available software and a computer. She decides to almost run over, with her...
- Auteur:Meili, Ryan, Picard, AndréSommaire:
A Healthy Society offers a new approach to politics – and a new approach to building a healthier world. Dr. Meili argues that health delivery too often focuses on treatment of immediate causes and ignores fundamental conditions that...
- Auteur:Meili, Ryan, Romanow, RoySommaire:
Income, education, employment, housing, the wider environment, and social supports; far more than the actions of physicians, nurses, and other health care providers, it is these conditions that make the greatest difference in our health...