Wasting Away: The Undermining of Canadian Health CareWasting Away is a provocative text that examines and assesses the Canadian health care system. It examines 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). |
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Page 38
... defined as incurable receive only the minimum care required . Indeed , the care is often defined as custodial , as if it is simply about maintenance . For similar reasons , the problems inherent to the curative approach can- not be ...
... defined as incurable receive only the minimum care required . Indeed , the care is often defined as custodial , as if it is simply about maintenance . For similar reasons , the problems inherent to the curative approach can- not be ...
Page 89
... defined as subject to quick improvement and cure are mainly admitted to the hospitals , where a wide range of technologies and treatments is applied . And those applying the treat- ments and tests are defined as highly skilled medical ...
... defined as subject to quick improvement and cure are mainly admitted to the hospitals , where a wide range of technologies and treatments is applied . And those applying the treat- ments and tests are defined as highly skilled medical ...
Page 164
... defined in terms of leaving the hospital . Waste is usually defined in terms of a medical model , the easily measured aspects of care . Thus , too often , private management strategies see treatment as pro- ductive and care as waste ...
... defined in terms of leaving the hospital . Waste is usually defined in terms of a medical model , the easily measured aspects of care . Thus , too often , private management strategies see treatment as pro- ductive and care as waste ...
Contents
The Wasting Away of Care | 1 |
The Development of Canadian Health Care | 12 |
The Institutions | 46 |
Copyright | |
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Other editions - View all
Wasting Away: The Undermining of Canadian Health Care Pat Armstrong,Hugh Armstrong Snippet view - 1996 |
Wasting Away: The Undermining of Canadian Health Care Pat Armstrong,Hugh Armstrong No preview available - 2010 |
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Aging/La Revue Canadienne Armstrong assumptions Canada Health Act Canadian Health Canadian Journal Canadienne du Vieillissement caregivers cent Centre choices CIHI clinics CLSCS costs cure cutbacks David Coburn decision-making defined determinants of health developed disabled doctors drugs Elderly eliminated emphasis employees expenditures focus for-profit formula Forum on Health funding Globe and Mail groups Health Canada Health Care Reform Health Services health-care system health-care workers hospital Hugh Armstrong Ibid impact improve increasing increasingly individual institutions Journal on Aging/La labour less long-term means medical model medicare Medicine Moreover National Forum non-profit Ontario Ontario Nurses Association organizations Ottawa patients physicians Policy practices Premier's Council Press problems provinces Quebec reduce Registered Nurses result risk sector skills spending Statistics Canada strategies tasks Technology tion Toronto Star total quality management treatment University women Women's College Hospital