Staying Alive
Critical Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Health Care
3rd Edition
Published on 30. January 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
500 pages
978-1-77338-130-5 (ISBN)
Description
Now in its third edition, Staying Alive provides readers with a fresh perspective on health, health care, and illness in Canada and abroad. Aiming to bring about positive change to these health care systems and grounded in a human rights approach to health, this unique collection includes chapters on the social construction of illness and disability, social determinants of health, and current critical issues in the field. The third edition has been thoroughly updated and includes recent national and international developments in health care, with current world statistics and an emphasis on austerity-related changes and their effects on health and health care systems. This vital resource includes chapters on pharmaceutical policy, social class, women's health, Indigenous people's health, and insight into the impact of economic forces such as globalization and privatization in health care. Packed with recommended readings and websites, critical thinking questions, and a glossary, this essential text is an invaluable read for undergraduate students, educators, and practitioners in health studies, nursing, and public health programs.
More details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
ISBN-13
978-1-77338-130-5 (9781773381305)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Toba Bryant is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, whose topics of interest include health and social policy, globalization, the health of Canadians, social determinants of health, and urban health.
Dennis Raphael is a Professor of Health Policy and Management at York University, whose areas of interest include topics in public policy, poverty, and social determinants of health.
Marcia Rioux is Professor of Health Policy and Management at York University.
Dennis Raphael is a Professor of Health Policy and Management at York University, whose areas of interest include topics in public policy, poverty, and social determinants of health.
Marcia Rioux is Professor of Health Policy and Management at York University.
Content
Preface
Part I: Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Health Care
Chapter 1: Epidemiological Approaches to Population Health
Chapter 2: Sociological Perspectives on Health and Health Care
Chapter 3: Political Economy Perspectives on Health and Health Care
Chapter 4: The Right to Health: Human Rights Approaches to Health
Chapter 5: Researching Health: Knowledge Perspectives, Methodologies, and Methods
Part II: Social Determinants of Health
Chapter 6: Social Determinants of Health
Chapter 7: Social Class and Health Inequalities
Chapter 8: Shifting Vulnerabilities: Gender, Ethnicity/Race, and Health Inequities in Canada
Chapter 9: Politics, Public Policy, and Population Health
Part III: Canada's Health Care System
Chapter 10: Cracks in the Foundation: The Origins and Development of the Canadian and American Health Care Systems
Chapter 11: Evolution of Health Care Policy: Deconstructing Divergent Approaches
Chapter 12: The Provision of Care: Professions, Politics, and Profit
Part IV: Critical Issues in Health, Illness, and Health Care
Chapter 13: Women, Health, and Care
Chapter 14: Constructing Disability and Illness
Chapter 15: Pharmaceutical Policy: The Dance between Industry, Government, and the Medical Profession
Chapter 16: The Political Economy of Public Health: Public Health Concerns in Canada, the U.S., U.K., Norway, and Sweden
Chapter 17: Toward the Future: Current Themes in Health Research and Practice in Canada
About the Contributors
Copyright Acknowledgements
Index
Part I: Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Health Care
Chapter 1: Epidemiological Approaches to Population Health
Chapter 2: Sociological Perspectives on Health and Health Care
Chapter 3: Political Economy Perspectives on Health and Health Care
Chapter 4: The Right to Health: Human Rights Approaches to Health
Chapter 5: Researching Health: Knowledge Perspectives, Methodologies, and Methods
Part II: Social Determinants of Health
Chapter 6: Social Determinants of Health
Chapter 7: Social Class and Health Inequalities
Chapter 8: Shifting Vulnerabilities: Gender, Ethnicity/Race, and Health Inequities in Canada
Chapter 9: Politics, Public Policy, and Population Health
Part III: Canada's Health Care System
Chapter 10: Cracks in the Foundation: The Origins and Development of the Canadian and American Health Care Systems
Chapter 11: Evolution of Health Care Policy: Deconstructing Divergent Approaches
Chapter 12: The Provision of Care: Professions, Politics, and Profit
Part IV: Critical Issues in Health, Illness, and Health Care
Chapter 13: Women, Health, and Care
Chapter 14: Constructing Disability and Illness
Chapter 15: Pharmaceutical Policy: The Dance between Industry, Government, and the Medical Profession
Chapter 16: The Political Economy of Public Health: Public Health Concerns in Canada, the U.S., U.K., Norway, and Sweden
Chapter 17: Toward the Future: Current Themes in Health Research and Practice in Canada
About the Contributors
Copyright Acknowledgements
Index