Fighting for a Hand to Hold - Confronting Medical Colonialism Against Indigenous Children in Canada Volume 97

Fighting for a Hand to Hold exposes the medical establishment's role in the displacement, colonization, and genocide of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Shaheen-Hussain's unique perspective combines his experience as a frontline pediatrician with his long-standing involvement in anti-authoritarian social justice movements.

About the author

Samir Shaheen-Hussain is assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University and works as a pediatric emergency physician in Montreal (Tio'tia:ke).

Summary

Fighting for a Hand to Hold exposes the medical establishment's role in the displacement, colonization, and genocide of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Shaheen-Hussain's unique perspective combines his experience as a frontline pediatrician with his long-standing involvement in anti-authoritarian social justice movements.

Product details

• Authors: Samir Shaheen-Hussain
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780228003601
• ISBN: 978-0-228-00360-1
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 236 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 657 g
• Series: McGill-Queen's Indigenous and; McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Sociology, Gesundheitssystem und Gesundheitswesen, MEDICAL / Health Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies