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category: Medical
published: Apr 2017
ISBN:9781895830873
publisher: UBC Press
imprint: Purich Publishing

Upstream Medicine

Doctors for a Healthy Society

edited by Andrew Bresnahan; Mahli Brindamour; Christopher Charles & Ryan Meili

tagged: public health, health care delivery, education & training
Description

When patients visit a clinic or hospital, they bring stories of the everyday life conditions that made them sick in the first place – stories about where they work, live, and play; stories about income, food security, and housing. Doctors today are listening. Personal stories and patient encounters illuminate the social determinants of health, that is, the upstream source of what too often become complex, painful, and expensive downstream problems. Upstream Medicine features interviews by medical students and residents with leading physicians whose practices bring evidence-based, upstream ideas to life. They show how we can change the practice of medicine to build a healthier society.

About the Authors

Andrew Bresnahan


Mahli Brindamour


Christopher Charles


Ryan Meili

Contributor Notes

Andrew Bresnahan is an anthropologist and resident physician in the Northern Family Medicine Program based in Labrador, Canada. Mahli Brindamour is a general pediatrician working in Saskatoon with a special interest in refugee health and Northern health. Christopher Charles is a resident physician in anesthesiology in Toronto. Ryan Meili is a family physician in inner-city Saskatoon, founder of Upstream, and author of A Healthy Society: How a Focus on Health Can Revive Canadian Democracy.

Editorial Review

It is hard not to be inspired by the depth of first-hand knowledge and the dedication of the impressive roster of physicians interviewed in Upstream Medicine.

— Catalyst

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