Health Care in Canada A Citizen's Guide to Policy and Politics

Name: Health Care in Canada A Citizen's Guide to Policy and Politics
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ISBN: 9781442609839

ISBN-10: 1442609834

ISBN-13: 9781442609839

Edition: 2011

Authors: Katherine Fierlbeck, Katherine Fierlbeck

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Health Care in Canadaexamines the challenges faced by the Canadian health care system, a subject of much public debate. In this book Katherine Fierlbeck provides an in-depth discussion of how health care decisions are shaped by politics and why there is so much disagreement over how to fix the system.Many Canadians point to health care as a source of national pride; others are highly critical of the system's shortcomings and call for major reform. Yet meaningful debate cannot occur without an understanding of how the system actually operates. In this overview, Fierlbeck outlines the basic framework of the health care system with reference to specific areas such as administration and…

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List price: $54.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Publication date: 4/9/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.97" long x 0.96" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Katherine Fierlbeck is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Dalhousie University.



Preface


Abbreviations



Funding Health Care



Intergovernmental Relations



Health Care Administration and Governance



Health Care and the Courts



Public Health and Population Health



Health Human Resources



Drugs and Drug Policy



Mental Health



Beveridge Systems: Britain, Sweden, and the Internal Market



Bismarck Systems: France, Germany and the Social Insurance Model



Mandated Private Insurance: The United States and the Long Road to Reform



Conclusion



Glossary



Web Resources


References


Index