Danielle Martin

Jamie Swift

Elaine Power

Freedom, Security, Justice

Case for Basic Income

An important check-up on our health-care system--and what urgently needs fixing--from a respected doctor and passionate Medicare advocate. Ahmed is a diabetic taxi driver who can't afford to renew his prescriptions; Susan, a 75-year old patient who went to Emergency for severe flu symptoms, ended up with a broken hip from falling down in her hospital room and was later discharged without her blood pressure meds. Sam was an active, healthy retiree who suffered a stroke from an unnecessary heart test. All of these people suffered from fixable and preventable issues, illustrating the opportunity for change that doesn't simply involve higher levels of spending. Canada's health care system was built on a promise we can all be proud of: the promise of access to services based on need, rather than the ability to pay. We can continue to be proud of that promise, but to deliver on it, Medicare needs to be improved. From the vantage point of a family doctor working in the system, this book shows how we can do better. Now. Passionate, accessible, and authoritative, Dr. Martin is a fervent supporter of the best of Medicare and a persuasive critic of what needs to be fixed. SIX BIG IDEAS: · Abida: The Return to Relationships - The relationship and communication that takes place inside every doctor's office can make or break health outcomes and health care budgets. We can do better by making some important changes to the doctor-patient relationship. · Ahmed: A Nation with a Drug Problem - Canada pays too much for prescription drugs and more than one in five Canadians have said that they or someone in their household could not afford to take medications due to costs. A strong national pharmacare program would solve our access problems and save Canadians a lot of money in the process. · Susan: Doing More With Less - We don't need more money, more doctors or surgeons, or more fancy machines. We do need to better organize the resources we already have in our health care system to achieve the kind of change we all would benefit from. · Sam: Don't Just Do Something, Stand There - Ordering tests to simply tick a box or rule out unlikely health risks doesn't always lead to better outcomes. Educating doctors and patients about safe ordering practices when it comes to tests and treatments can help save three of our most precious resources: our health, time and money. · Leslie: Basic Income for Basic Health - Our social and economic environments are responsible for half of the health of our population. By providing every Canadian with a basic income to support basic health, we would remove one of the biggest barriers to welfare in our country. · Jonah: The Anatomy of Change - In health care, we often struggle to amplify our small-scale successes. If we could shift the culture to support the broader uptake of local innovation, we could fill some of our biggest health gaps and build the high performing health system of the future.

Six Big Ideas to Improve Health Care for All Canadians

Better Now

In the glitz and glamor tradition of Beatriz Williams's Tiny Little Thing and Fiona Davis's The Chelsea Girls, Danielle Martin's debut novel features a dress boutique turned underground women's social club where women from all walks of life come for support and sisterhood. 1962. In the middle of Brooklyn Heights sits the Starlite: boutique dress shop by day, underground women's club by night. Started by the shop's proprietor after her councilman ex-husband Fred Abbott ruined her reputation, Madeline's social club soon becomes a safe haven for women from all walks of life looking for a respite from their troubled relationships and professional frustrations. These after-hour soirées soon bring two very different women into Madeline's life--Elaine, a British ex-pat struggling to save her marriage, and Lisa, a young stewardess whose plans for the future are suddenly upended--irrevocably changing all three women's lives in ways no one could have predicted. But when Madeline's ne'er-do-well ex-husband shows up again, the luster of Starlite quickly dampens. As the sisterhood rallies around Madeline, tension begins to eat at the club. When an unspeakable tragedy befalls their sorority, one woman must decide whether to hide the truth from the group or jeopardize her own hopes and dreams. Sure to appeal to readers of Kathleen Tessaro and Suzanne Rindell, Glimmer As You Can captures the heartbeat of an era and the ambitions of a generation of women living in a man's world--a world threatened by a wave of change.

Glimmer as You Can

A healing diet for a healthy body--an Ayurvedic cookbook full of quick and tasty meals The traditional South Asian system of medicine--Ayurveda--is based on the concept of balancing your body to achieve total wellness. A diet centered around Ayurveda teaches us that the right food can ultimately balance and heal us. The 30-Minute Ayurvedic Cookbook makes it simple to eat an Ayurvedic diet, with 90 delicious recipes that take half an hour or less to prepare. The recipes in this Ayurvedic cookbook are labeled for specific benefits--like digestion, heart health, weight loss, constipation relief, and more--so you can quickly find meals designed to benefit your individual healing process. This Ayurvedic cookbook includes: Introducing Ayurveda--Discover details on what Ayurveda is, items to stock your kitchen with, how to eat for healing, and more. 90 healing recipes--Cleanse and restore your body with recipes like Detox Tonic, Antioxidant Energy Smoothie, Colorful Quinoa Salad, and Classic Cleansing Kitchari. The right foods for you--Take a quiz to determine your dosha (biological energy), and learn how you can eat to heal your unique body. Bring balance back to your body with simple, therapeutic meals--The 30-Minute Ayurvedic Cookbook has everything you need to get cooking.

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