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Dr. Samir Shaheen-Hussainâs book âFighting for a Hand to Holdâ Reviewed in The Lancet
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Published: 15 October 2021
Dr. Samir Shaheen-Hussainâs book âFighting for a Hand to Holdâ, was reviewed by Margo Greenwood in an article entitled "An open invitation to address anti-Indigenous systemic racism" in the âPerspectivesâ section of the prestigious medical journal .
Dr. Shaheen-Hussainâs book describes the colonial systems underlying the longstanding practice of medical evacuations without parental accompaniment of Indigenous children in Quebecâ a practice that his advocacy efforts helped to finally change.