PreviewsFrank W. Stahnisch

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  Bedside and Community

  50 Years of Contributions to the Health of Albertans from the University of Calgary

  Diana J. Mansell (Editor), Frank W. Stahnisch (Editor), Paula Larsson (Editor)

  This inside story of 50 years of health care and health research at the University of Calgary draws on first-person accounts of researchers, administrators, faculty, and students, along with archival research and faculty histories to celebrate the many contributions the university has made to the health of Albertans.

  (University of Calgary Press, $34.99 Paperback, 180 pages, ISBN: 978-17-73850-72-6)  

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  Creating the Future of Health

  The University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine, 1967-2012

  Robert Lampard, David B. Hogan, Frank W. Stahnisch, James R. Wright Jr.

  Drawing on interviews with key players and research into primary material, the authors trace the first 50 years of the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, which, with a pioneering focus on innovative, responsive, and systems-based approaches, was one of the first faculties to pilot multi-year training programs in family medicine.

  (University of Calgary Press, $42.99 Paperback, 384 pages, ISBN: 978-17-73851-64-8)  

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  Great Minds in Despair

  The Forced Migration of German-Speaking Neuroscientists to North America, 1933 to 1989

  Frank W. Stahnisch

  Focusing on the years between 1933 and 1989, this book examines the long-term effects of the forced migration of hundreds of neuroscientists and biological psychiatrists from Nazi Germany and its surrounding countries in the 1930s and 1940s on the scientific and medical cultures of North America and on the researchers themselves.

  (McGill-Queen’s University Press, $75.00 Hardcover, 642 pages, ISBN: 978-02-28024-59-0)  

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  Psychiatry and the Legacies of Eugenics

  Historical Studies of Alberta and Beyond

  Frank W. Stahnisch (Editor), Erna Kurbegovic (Editor)

  Using institutional case studies, biographical accounts, and media reports, this book illustrates how the emerging field of psychiatry and its concerns about inheritable conditions was heavily influenced by eugenic thought and contributed to the longevity of sterilization practices in Western Canada, particularly Alberta.

  (Athabasca University Press, $37.99 Paperback, 488 pages, ISBN: 978-17-71992-65-7)