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The Covid Journals: Health Care Workers Write the Pandemic
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ISBN10: 1772126810
ISBN13: 9781772126815
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Published: Jun 14 2023
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.91 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781772126815
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Published: Jun 14 2023
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.91 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Early in the pandemic, medical personnel were our front lines. What was that like? Through stories, art, and poetry, Canadian health-care workers from across the country recount their experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The contributors to The COVID Journals share the determination and fear they felt as they watched the crisis unfold, giving us an inside view of their lives at a time when care itself was redefined from moment to moment. Their narratives, at turns tender, angry, curious, and sometimes even joyful, highlight challenges and satisfactions that people will continue to explore and make sense of for years to come. Contributors: Ewan Affleck, Sarah-Taïssir Bencharif, Manisha Bharadia, Christopher Blake, Candace de Taeye, Arundhati Dhara, Paul Dhillon, Liam Durcan, Monika Dutt, Sarah Fraser, David Gratzer, Jillian Horton, Andrew Howe, Monica Kidd, Jaime Lenet, Pam Lenkov, Suzanne Lilker, Jennifer Moore, Shane Neilson, Kacper Niburski, Elizabeth Niedra, Margaret Nowaczyk, Tolu Oloruntoba, Rory O'Sullivan, Jordan Pelc, Nick Pimlott, Angela E. Simmonds, Tanas Sylliboy, Helen Tang, Bobby Taylor, Tharshika Thangarasa, Diana Toubassi, Shan Wang, Marisa Webster, Chadwick Williams, Dolly Williams, Jiameng Xu.
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- A broad range of Canadian health care workers recount their everyday lived experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic in prose and poetry.
- The editors put out a call for general submissions and also solicited work directly from well-positioned writers who also work in the healthcare field. For example, Nick Pimlott, editor of the Canadian Family Physician; Liam Durcan, neurologist, novelist, and short story writer; Marg Novoczyk, medical geneticist and memoirist; Paul Dhillon, family physician and member of the Canadian Forces; Tolu Oloruntoba, Governor General award-winner for poetry; Jillian Horton, internist, columnist, and podcaster; and many more.
- The writers demonstrate an ambivalence about being called heroes as they struggle to provide childcare and good medical care. Some range philosophically through medical history, reflecting on the strange pertinence of today's headlines with those of the past; others use humour, art, and the power of narrative to offer a glimpse into what health care workers are really thinking.
- The contributors help focus on healthcare as a human endeavor. Narratives and stories help to bridge the worlds of clinicians, patients, and health systems, together with the larger community, society, and culture.
- The book features a diverse range of contributors in terms of identity and geographical distribution across Canada. They live in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, Montreal, Halifax, Millbrook First Nation, and Eskasoni First Nation. Other contributors live in New Brunswick, Cape Breton, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Audience:
- The COVID Journals is written for a general audience, on a topic we can all relate to.
- It will resonate deeply with doctors and other health professionals.
- Personal narratives about life as a healthcare professional caring for patients have an established readership/audience.
- It will be of interest to educators and policymakers in public health, as well as health professions educators and students, and those connected to a globally expanding medical / health humanities field.
- This work complements Amy Kaler's Until Further Notice: A Year in Pandemic Life and bolsters the Press's medical humanities list.
- A broad range of Canadian health care workers recount their everyday lived experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic in prose and poetry.
- The editors put out a call for general submissions and also solicited work directly from well-positioned writers who also work in the healthcare field. For example, Nick Pimlott, editor of the Canadian Family Physician; Liam Durcan, neurologist, novelist, and short story writer; Marg Novoczyk, medical geneticist and memoirist; Paul Dhillon, family physician and member of the Canadian Forces; Tolu Oloruntoba, Governor General award-winner for poetry; Jillian Horton, internist, columnist, and podcaster; and many more.
- The writers demonstrate an ambivalence about being called heroes as they struggle to provide childcare and good medical care. Some range philosophically through medical history, reflecting on the strange pertinence of today's headlines with those of the past; others use humour, art, and the power of narrative to offer a glimpse into what health care workers are really thinking.
- The contributors help focus on healthcare as a human endeavor. Narratives and stories help to bridge the worlds of clinicians, patients, and health systems, together with the larger community, society, and culture.
- The book features a diverse range of contributors in terms of identity and geographical distribution across Canada. They live in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, Montreal, Halifax, Millbrook First Nation, and Eskasoni First Nation. Other contributors live in New Brunswick, Cape Breton, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Audience:
- The COVID Journals is written for a general audience, on a topic we can all relate to.
- It will resonate deeply with doctors and other health professionals.
- Personal narratives about life as a healthcare professional caring for patients have an established readership/audience.
- It will be of interest to educators and policymakers in public health, as well as health professions educators and students, and those connected to a globally expanding medical / health humanities field.
- This work complements Amy Kaler's Until Further Notice: A Year in Pandemic Life and bolsters the Press's medical humanities list.
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