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Our heartbreaking choices: Forty-six women share their stories of interrupting a much-wanted pregnancy

https://bcch.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog123307
iUniverse , 2008.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
GE 250 BRO 2008
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
This book is about abortion, but more specifically, about abortions sought due to a poor prenatal diagnosis or due to serious maternal health complications. This book contains 46 personal stories, each one from a woman who decided to interrupt a much-wanted and oftentimes much-planned pregnancy. Th…
Editor
Brooks, Christine
Publisher
iUniverse
Publication Date
2008
Physical Description
420 p.
Subject
Abortion-Coping
Pregnancy Complications
Abstract
This book is about abortion, but more specifically, about abortions sought due to a poor prenatal diagnosis or due to serious maternal health complications. This book contains 46 personal stories, each one from a woman who decided to interrupt a much-wanted and oftentimes much-planned pregnancy. There is very little societal support for parents who make this decision, which leaves most parents to deal with their sadness and grief alone.
ISBN
9780595530472
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
GE 250 BRO 2008

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Lighting up the darkness : Youth in care

https://bcch.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog123135
Keewatin Sanderson, Steven. Indigenous Story Studio , 2011.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
YOUTH GE 500 KEE 2011
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
In this graphic novel, Jenny returns to her community after living in the city with her aunt and uncle. While visiting family, she has a series of painful flashbacks to when she was a little girl. Jenny?s story is one girl?s struggle. But many youth will be able to relate to events in her young lif…
Author
Keewatin Sanderson, Steven
Publisher
Indigenous Story Studio
Publication Date
2011
Physical Description
graphic novel; 48 p.
Subject
Foster Care
Substance Abuse
Aboriginal Health
Abstract
In this graphic novel, Jenny returns to her community after living in the city with her aunt and uncle. While visiting family, she has a series of painful flashbacks to when she was a little girl. Jenny?s story is one girl?s struggle. But many youth will be able to relate to events in her young life.
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
YOUTH GE 500 KEE 2011

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Collective care: Indigenous motherhood, family, and HIV/AIDS

https://bcch.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124212
Downe, Pamela. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press , 2021.
URL
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/cwhbc/detail.action?docID=6475884
Material Type
Ebook
Call Number
GN 400 DOW 2021
Collective Care provides an ethnographic account of urban Indigenous life and caregiving practices in the face of Saskatchewan's HIV epidemic. Based on a five-year study conducted in partnership with AIDS Saskatoon, the book focuses on the contrast between Indigenous values of collective kin-care a…
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URL
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/cwhbc/detail.action?docID=6475884
Author
Downe, Pamela
Place of Publication
Toronto, ON
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Publication Date
2021
Physical Description
171p.
Subject
Indigenous
Aboriginal Health
Motherhood
HIV/AIDS
Abstract
Collective Care provides an ethnographic account of urban Indigenous life and caregiving practices in the face of Saskatchewan's HIV epidemic. Based on a five-year study conducted in partnership with AIDS Saskatoon, the book focuses on the contrast between Indigenous values of collective kin-care and non-Indigenous models of intensive maternal care. It explores how women and men negotiate the forces of HIV to render motherhood a site of cultural meaning, personal and collective well-being, and, sometimes, individual and community despair. It also introduces readers to how HIV is Indigenized in western Canada and how all HIV-affected and -infected mothers must negotiate this cultural and racialized terrain. Featuring in-depth narrative interviews, notes from participant observation in AIDS Saskatoon's drop-in centre, and a photovoice component, this book offers an accessible account of an engaged anthropologist's work with a community that is both vulnerable and resilient. Each chapter begins with an ethnographic vignette that introduces central concepts, including medical anthropology, syndemics, kinship, and Indigeneity, with the overall aim of humanizing those affected by HIV in western Canada and beyond.
ISBN
9781487587666
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Call Number
GN 400 DOW 2021
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A time to decide, a time to heal : For parents making difficult decisions about babies they love

https://bcch.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog123187
Minnick, Molly A., Delp, Kathleen J., Miotti, Mary C. Pineapple Press , 2012. 5th ed.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
GH 330 MIN 2012
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
For parents who have received a fetal diagnosis during pregnancy, and are deciding (or have decided) whether to interrupt the pregnancy. Supports grieving parents, and provides information on:; - The decision-making process,; - Taking control,; - The hospital experience,; - Couples healing together…
Author
Minnick, Molly A.
Delp, Kathleen J.
Miotti, Mary C.
Edition
5th ed
Publisher
Pineapple Press
Publication Date
2012
Physical Description
112 pages
Subject
Genetic Counseling
Abortion-Coping
Grief. Bereavement
Pregnancy Complications
Pregnancy Loss. Miscarriage
Abstract
For parents who have received a fetal diagnosis during pregnancy, and are deciding (or have decided) whether to interrupt the pregnancy. Supports grieving parents, and provides information on:
- The decision-making process,
- Taking control,
- The hospital experience,
- Couples healing together and healing apart,
- The days and weeks afterward, and
- The months and years that follow.
ISBN
1878526291
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
GH 330 MIN 2012

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It takes a village : Maternal child health

https://bcch.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog123134
Hopkins, Zoe, Nahuelpan, Amancay (ill.). Indigenous Story Studio , 2012.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
YOUTH GH 200 HOP 2012
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
This maternal child health graphic novel is about Lara, a young mom-to-be. Lara is visited by Danis, a stranger who teaches Lara the importance of eating healthy foods, avoiding alcohol, breastfeeding, keeping dad involved and bonding with your baby.
Author
Hopkins, Zoe
Nahuelpan, Amancay (ill.)
Publisher
Indigenous Story Studio
Publication Date
2012
Physical Description
graphic novel; 40 p.
Subject
Prenatal Care
Prenatal Care-Diet/Nutrition
Prenatal Care-Coping
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects.
FAS/FAE
Infants
Infant Feeding
Aboriginal Health
Abstract
This maternal child health graphic novel is about Lara, a young mom-to-be. Lara is visited by Danis, a stranger who teaches Lara the importance of eating healthy foods, avoiding alcohol, breastfeeding, keeping dad involved and bonding with your baby.
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
YOUTH GH 200 HOP 2012

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