If you are a resident of Nova Scotia, are receiving outpatient treatment at the QEII Cancer Care Program and live more than 50 kms one way from the hospital, accommodations will be provided for you and a support person. This pamphlet lists locations that are part of the Accommodations Program. Due to the temporary closure of Holy Redeemer Centre, the Cape Breton Cancer Centre has made arrangements with the Holiday Inn to provide accommodations for patients travelling significant distances to re…
This book critically examines the many complex entanglements between AIDS activism and HIV science. It takes readers on a medical anthropological expedition across time and space that highlights the stakes from the perspective of those most affected by the epidemic. Author Robert Lorway reveals how early in the HIV epidemic, amid inadequate government leadership, communities of people living with and directly affected by HIV and AIDS rose to become a vital force at the forefront of prevention r…
This casebook profiles exceptional traumatic injury prevention programs from all over the globe. Its detailed description and analysis employ a multi-stage process of identifying, evaluating, and casing effective prevention practices. The case studies reflect how legislative and regulatory information impact prevention efforts and provides insight into how national centers for injury prevention and control inform prevention practices on countrywide levels. The authors work with outcome-based re…
The fifth edition’s most prominent two new features are: 1) its intentional focus on social justice and health equity, and 2) the deliberate incorporation of Indigenous content in virtually every chapter. In acknowledgement of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, the recent Memorandum of Understanding between the Community Health Nurses of Canada (CHNC) and the Canadian Indigenous Nurses Association (CINA), and nursing’s obligation to include Indigenous content and ways of knowing…
Contact numbers for various resources for families with a new baby. Post-partum.
In Arabic. The team consists of an Occupational therapist, physiotherapist, and recreation therapist. They provide home visits when post-op or palliative care are needed or for assessment of home accessability/safety. These services are for children and youth in the Halifax area community.
Perinatal medicine ; Community resources.
In French. The team consists of an Occupational therapist, physiotherapist, and recreation therapist. They provide home visits when post-op or palliative care are needed or for assessment of home accessability/safety. These services are for children and youth in the Halifax area community.
In Simplified Chinese. The team consists of an Occupational therapist, physiotherapist, and recreation therapist. They provide home visits when post-op or palliative care are needed or for assessment of home accessability/safety. These services are for children and youth in the Halifax area community.
The team consists of an Occupational therapist, physiotherapist, and recreation therapist. They provide home visits when post-op or palliative care are needed or for assessment of home accessability/safety. These services are for children and youth in the Halifax area community.
Palliative Care for Chronic Cancer Patients in the Community: Global Approaches and Future Applications offers a much-needed account of the current state of global palliative care in the community – the good, the bad and, especially, the hopeful. This extraordinary compendium, with chapters form 46 countries, edited by Professor Michael Silbermann, tells the remarkable stories of palliative care - from grass-root efforts by volunteers in resource-constrained countries such as India to the full …