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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... treatment . This model allows for specializa- tion in allopathic medicine . Because the body is conceived of as a collection of components , these parts can be separated for the purposes of diagnosis and treatment by experts in ...
... treatment . This model allows for specializa- tion in allopathic medicine . Because the body is conceived of as a collection of components , these parts can be separated for the purposes of diagnosis and treatment by experts in ...
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... treatment and those that do not . For example , even though cleaning in hospitals is often classified as housekeeping , it bears little relation to the kinds of cleaning women do in the home . What is cleaned and how it must be cleaned ...
... treatment and those that do not . For example , even though cleaning in hospitals is often classified as housekeeping , it bears little relation to the kinds of cleaning women do in the home . What is cleaned and how it must be cleaned ...
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... treatment . An increasing number of peo- ple are being sent home when they still need a great deal of physical assistance , medical treatment , and psychological support . Those with people at home who are knowledgeable , available ...
... treatment . An increasing number of peo- ple are being sent home when they still need a great deal of physical assistance , medical treatment , and psychological support . Those with people at home who are knowledgeable , available ...
Contents
The Wasting Away of Care | 1 |
The Development of Canadian Health Care | 12 |
The Institutions | 46 |
Copyright | |
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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