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Dr. Shaheen-Hussain publishes book "Fighting for a Hand to Hold: Confronting Medical Colonialism Against Indigenous Children in Canada"
Published: 1 June 2020
Dr. Samir Shaheen-Hussain, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics' Division of Emergency Medicine, publishes聽book, "Fighting for a Hand to Hold:聽Confronting Medical Colonialism against Indigenous Children in Canada", that is an exploration of anti-Indigenous systemic racism in Canadian health care and the medical establishment's role in colonial genocide.
"Two child patients inspired Dr. Samir Shaheen-Hussain to take on what he calls 鈥渕edical colonialism鈥� in Canada and end a policy in Quebec that denied Indigenous children an escort when being airlifted for medical treatment."聽 Moore, H. (2020, May 21)聽Doctor pens book on fight to confront 鈥榤edical colonialism鈥� in Canada.聽APTV News.聽