Wasting Away: The Undermining of Canadian Health Care / Edition 2

by Pat Armstrong, Hugh Armstrong

Overview

This is a provocative book that examines and assesses the Canadian health care system. It examines the development of the systm and breaks the analysis down into two accessible units.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195417159
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/26/2002
Edition description:	2nd Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Pat Armstrong is the Chair of the Department of Canadian Studies at Carleton University. Hugh Armstrong is a Professor in the Department of Social Work, Carleton University. They are the authors of several articles and books, including three editions of the best-selling book, The Double Ghetto.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Acknowledgements viii

Chapter 1 The Wasting Away of Care 1

Chapter 2 From Cuts and Chemicals to Carrots and Condoms: The Development of Canadian Health Care 12

Chapter 3 Who Provides: The Institutions 46

Chapter 4 Who Provides: The People 95

Chapter 5 Who Pays 145

Chapter 6 Who Decides 179

Chapter 7 Who Wins and Who Loses 207

Web Sources 210

Notes 211

Bibliography 243

Index 268

Editorial Reviews

"The authors highlight many important, unresolved questions about health policy.."—Medical

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