A Healthy Future

Lessons from the Frontlines of a Crisis

Ryan Meili (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

2023
University of British Columbia Press (Verlag)
978-0-7748-8090-9 (ISBN)

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This riveting insider’s account of how the COVID-19 pandemic unfurled in one of Canada’s hardest-hit provinces draws on the lessons learned to provide a hopeful vision for building a healthier future.

This gripping account of the COVID-19 experience in Saskatchewan goes beyond pandemic memoir to draw lessons we can use to create a healthier future.

Filled with moving stories of how COVID changed people’s lives, Ryan Meili’s deeply humane account of the pandemic draws on his unique experience as a doctor and as the leader of Saskatchewan’s official opposition during the first two years of the outbreak. A Healthy Future reveals how the pandemic exposed and made worse problems in health care, elder care, education, and social supports – and details how we can do better.

Written with passion and commitment, this book offers a firsthand look at how the pandemic laid bare the shortcomings of Saskatchewan’s – and Canada’s – public health response, with tragic results. It also provides an inspiring vision of what Canadians can learn from the pandemic to create a healthier and more equitable future.

Ryan Meili is a family physician who focuses on health equity and social justice. He is the author of A Healthy Society: How a Focus on Health Can Revive Canadian Democracy. He has practised family medicine in rural and Northern Saskatchewan, as well as in Saskatoon and rural Mozambique. In 2017, he was elected as the Member of Saskatchewan’s Legislative Assembly for Saskatoon Meewasin, going on to serve as Leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party and Leader of the Official Opposition in Saskatchewan from 2018 to 2022. He lives in Saskatoon with his wife, Mahli Brindamour, and their two sons, Abe and Gus.

Foreword: Wisdom in the Scars / Katharine Smart

Introduction

First Wave

Gathering Clouds

The Longest March

Losing Trust

Reopening Minds

Eye of the Storm

Second Wave

Ignoring the Signs

Back to School

Respecting Our Elders

Third Wave

Miracles and Mudholes

Variants of Concern

Fourth Wave

Best Summer Ever

The Dam Breaks

Fifth Wave

Putting It Mildly

Waving Goodbye

Lessons for the Next Wave

Acknowledgments; Notes; Index

Erscheinungsdatum	29.09.2023
Zusatzinfo	10 b&w photos
Verlagsort	Vancouver
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-7748-8090-2 / 0774880902
ISBN-13	978-0-7748-8090-9 / 9780774880909
Zustand	Neuware