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 22
... necessary knowledge and often the necessary will to follow appropriate procedures . Similarly , it is assumed that doctors ' superior knowl- edge means that only they can know what procedures can be safely delegated to others who work ...
... necessary knowledge and often the necessary will to follow appropriate procedures . Similarly , it is assumed that doctors ' superior knowl- edge means that only they can know what procedures can be safely delegated to others who work ...
Page 51
... necessary services , and ( 4 ) portable across the country . ( 5 ) As well , hospital and physician insurance plans had to be non - profit and administered by a public authority responsible to the provincial government . These criteria ...
... necessary services , and ( 4 ) portable across the country . ( 5 ) As well , hospital and physician insurance plans had to be non - profit and administered by a public authority responsible to the provincial government . These criteria ...
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... necessary for effective and efficient care by both Tommy Douglas , a founding father of medicare , 156 and by Emmett Hall , the head of the Royal Commission on Health Services that established the feder- al medical program . Both saw ...
... necessary for effective and efficient care by both Tommy Douglas , a founding father of medicare , 156 and by Emmett Hall , the head of the Royal Commission on Health Services that established the feder- al medical program . Both saw ...
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