Health Care
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() NEW! About Canada: Health and IllnessThird Edition |
The third edition of Health and Illness shows how inequitable distribution of the social determinants of health are determined by public policy decisions. Dennis Raphael updates … | 288 | 2024 | View | |
From ![]() Academic health science centresresearch, money, controversies, conflict of interest and independence From: Doctors in Denial |
Describes and analyzes the money received by academic health science centres from the pharmaceutical industry for research and the conflicts that this money may create. | Joel Lexchin MD | 32 | 2017 | $3.20 Add |
From ![]() Aging WellStrategies for Wellbeing Among Older Women in a “Restructuring” Ontario. From: Care and Consequences |
Douglass Drozdow- St.Christian | 28 | 2000 | $3.08 Add | |
From ![]() “And Then There Were None”An Experience in Building an Integrated Health Service among the Chippewas of Georgina Island From: Care and Consequences |
Patricia E. Simpson; Sheila Porte | 23 | 2000 | $2.53 Add | |
From ![]() NEW! Calling the shotsCanada’s Big Pharma-first response to COVID-19 From: The Trudeau Record |
This chapter discusses the Trudeau government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. | Adam R. Houston | 14 | 2024 | $1.40 Add |
![]() Care and ConsequencesThe Impact of Health Care Reform |
Over the past decade health care in Canada has shifted from a cure-care model to a business model. Disguised behind talk of community, care closer to home, consumer choice, patient rights, … | Diana L. Gustafson | 325 | 2000 | View |
From ![]() NEW! COVID-19 and the Social Determinants of Health |
Chapter Seven considers the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the social determinants of health in Canada, highlighting how the pandemic exacerbated existing health inequities and … | 18 | 2024 | $1.80 Add | |
From ![]() Dissolving, Dividing, DistressingExamining Cutbacks to Programs Responding to Sexual Violation From: Care and Consequences |
Si Transken | 27 | 2000 | $2.97 Add | |
From ![]() NEW! DrugsRegulatory Capture and the Disabling of Drug Safety at Health Canada From: Corporate Rules |
In this chapter, Michèle Brill-Edwards provides a behind-the-scenes look at how the Canadian government has quietly disabled the safety system for drugs in Canada. The Food and Drugs Act … | Michèle Brill-Edwards | 23 | 2022 | $2.30 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Early Child Development, Food Security and Housing |
Chapter Four details the social determinants of health, for example early childhood development, food security, public policy, and housing highlighting the significant impact of these factors on … | 26 | 2024 | $2.60 Add | |
From ![]() Federalism in the Twenty-First Century, 2003–2017 |
Discusses developments in the Canadian federation and relations between Ottawa and the provinces from 2003 to 2017 with focus on health care and environmental concerns. | Ed Whitcomb | 28 | 2017 | $2.80 Add |
From ![]() Forget Reform-We Need a Revolution!Better Health for Canadian Women through Holistic Care From: Care and Consequences |
Farah M. Shroff | 24 | 2000 | $2.64 Add | |
From ![]() Home Care Before and After ReformA Comparative Analysis of Two Texas-in-Action From: Care and Consequences |
Diana L. Gustafson | 22 | 2000 | $2.42 Add | |
From ![]() NEW! Immigration and "Medical Manpower"1968 and the Awkward Introduction of Medicare in Canada From: 1968 in Canada |
The year 1968 witnessed the launch of medicare, a public program so important that 50 years later many Canadians identify universal health insurance as a defining feature of our national … | David Wright and Sasha Mullally | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Income, Work and Education |
Chapter Three discusses the relationship between income, employment, education, and health outcomes in Canada, highlighting the significant impact of economic factors on health and the growing … | 36 | 2024 | $3.60 Add | |
From ![]() IntroductionDoctors in denial: welcome to the comfort zone From: Doctors in Denial |
Provides an overview of the medical industry in Canada paying particular attention to the influence of the pharmaceutical industry. Outlines and examines critically the different opinions … | Joel Lexchin MD | 14 | 2017 | $1.40 Add |