Wasting Away
The Undermining of Canadian Health Care
2nd Edition
Published on 8. July 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-0-19-543829-1 (ISBN)
Description
Wasting Away is a provocative text that examines and assesses the Canadian health care system. This seven-chapter book explores the development of the Canadian health care system and breaks the analysis down into accessible units: who provides (the institutions and the people); who pays (funding sources); and who decides (public, private, and patients). The concluding chapter sums up the winners and losers in this system. A new Introduction by the authors thoroughly updates the subject.
More details
Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Sociology of health care, at the university level, in sociology departments; public and social policy courses, at the university level, in sociology and social work departments; as well as courses for social workers, nurses, and health care providers, at the university and college level.
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
tables or figures, boxed inserts
14 boxed inserts, and 7 tables or figures
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-543829-1 (9780195438291)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Pat Armstrong received her PhD and MA from Carleton University . She is currently a full professor on faculty at York University's Sociology Department.
Hugh Armstrong earned his PhD in sociology from the University of Montreal and his MA from Carleton University. He is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at Carleton.
Hugh Armstrong earned his PhD in sociology from the University of Montreal and his MA from Carleton University. He is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at Carleton.
Content
Introduction to the Wynford Edition ; 1. The Wasting Away of Care ; 2. From Cuts and Chemicals to Carrots and Condoms: The Development of Canadian Health Care ; 3. Who Provides: The Institutions ; 4. Who Provides: The People ; 5. Who Pays ; 6. Who Decides ; 7. Who Wins and Who Loses ; Recommended Readings ; Bibliography ; Index