This article explores disabilty and parenting. Introduces the educational video "Talking it Out in the Family," a project to help improve communication in families by sharing the experiences of parents with disabilities and their families.
This article discusses the benefits and challenges of breastfeeding. Lists the political, medical and journalistic work necessary to support women and make breastfeeding a viable option.
This article offers a feminist analysis of the spectrum of post partum emotional adjustments. Discusses post partum depression as a metaphor of women's oppression as mothers. Asks crucial questions about the problems that isolated nuclear family parenting poses for women.
Edited compilation of essays discussing issues of balancing work and family for women and couples. Articles share belief that balance is possible if we learn from those that have managed to find healthy balance rather than focusing on negative media images of balance as an impossibility.
CHIMO prevents tragedies and saves lives. CHIMO strengthens individuals, families, and communities. CHIMO connects people with needed community resources. CHIMO builds bridges of understanding.
Created in Richmond, British Columbia in 1973, CHIMO Crisis Services now serves over 10,000 individuals and families each year from different cultural backgrounds, age groups, family lifestyles, and economic situations. CHIMO provides diverse services from community building to prevention, from individual crisis support to advocacy, and from peer support to education. CHIMO engages in collaborative community planning and develops innovative resources to address emerging needs.
FOUNDED IN 1925, The Polyclinic has been, and continues to be the hub of medical professionals on Prince Edward Island.
Situated in downtown Charlottetown and only three minutes from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, The Polyclinic is an ideal location for patients, physicians and staff members.
polyclinic pol·y·clin·ic (pl'-kln'k) n.
A clinic, hospital, or health care facility that treats various types of diseases and injuries.
As is predicated by its name, The Polyclinic Professional Centre is a multi-faceted healthcare facility housing family physicians and specialists under one roof; this concept has stood the test of time since its inception and has enabled us to provide excellent patient care for close to 85 years.
