The Complete Canadian Health Guide

First published in 1993, The Complete Canadian Health Guide became a national bestseller. This new edition brings Canadians up-to-date with treatments, current research and information, including thoroughly updated sections on diet and exercise, and many other health lifestyle issues. Gathering the expertise of over 1,000 medical experts from across the nation, well-known medical writer June Engel has teamed up with University of Toronto's Michael Evans, a practicing physician who brings his own clinic-based experience to the book's contents for this edition.

Canada has been among the world leaders in recognizing the multiple factors that impact health. Focusing on Canada’s health care system, Raisa B. Deber provides brief descriptions of some key facts and concepts necessary to understand health care policy in Canada and place it in an international context. An accessible guide, Treating Health Care unpacks key concepts to provide informed discussions that help us understand and diagnose Canada’s health care system and to clarify which proposed changes are likely to improve it - and which are not. This book provides background information to clarify such concepts as: determinants of health; how health systems are organized and financed (including international comparisons); health economics; health ethics; and roles and responsibilities of different stakeholders, including government, providers, and patients. It then addresses some key issues, including equity, efficiency, access and wait times, quality improvement and patient safety, and coverage and payment models. Using analysis rather than advocacy, Deber provides a toolkit to help understand health care and health policy.

Designed with the student in mind, and easy to read and use, the new 2nd edition of Lilley will cover all the key pharmacology content needed by Canadian nursing students. Known for its appealing layout, plenty of photos, and numerous helpful boxed features, Lilley helps students manage the extremely detailed subject of pharmacology. This edition focuses on the role of nurses and their practices in culturally diverse Canada, and includes new content on natural health products and ethnocultural considerations. Evidence-Informed Practice Boxes: Provide a bridge between research evidence and its relevance to nursing practice Laboratory Values Related to Drug Therapy: Provide normal ranges and values for specific lab tests, and rationales for lab assessments in relation to specific drug therapy UNIQUE! In My Family Boxes: Written by nursing students of various ethnocultural backgrounds, relaying their cultural health beliefs and practices and drug use Preventing Medication Errors Boxes: Reinforce concepts introduced in the medication errors chapter and relate them to specific common errors that occur in clinical practice. Special Populations: Women: In addition to other special populations, some boxes specifically focus on women’s health UNIQUE! Tear out cards from Mosby’s Pharmacology Memory NoteCards Increased pathophysiology coverage: Introduces key chapters to provide students with a brief overview before launching into drug information Chapters on Antibiotics and Antineoplastics: Subjects have both been divided into two chapters each, making difficult material easier to digest for students Generic and trade drug names are used throughout – with a new Drug Index at the back of the book Emphasis on nursing roles and practices in Canada More info on natural health products More info on ethnocultural considerations

This report presents comprehensive strategies for communicating and implementing the nutrition recommendations suggested in the report of the Scientific Review Committee, including a translation of the updated nutrition recommendations. The report contains Canada's guidelines for healthy eating; current nutrition practices of the population and gaps between current and recommended practices; analysis of existing nutrition activities, programs, methods and materials that are directed to the public; opportunities and challenges for implementation; existing infrastructure for implementing Canada's guidelines; key examples of current nutrition intervention programs; and recommendations for action to nutrition and other health professionals, governments, food and related industries, non-governmental health organizations and the public.