Health and health care delivery in Canada

Thompson, Valerie D. 1948- (author.).

Summary: No health care professional in Canada should be without a clear understanding of the Canadian health care system! This explores the nation's basic approach to health, wellness, and illness. Set entirely within a Canadian context, this text includes coverage of individual and population health, the role of federal agencies and provincial governments, health care funding, and current issues and future trends in health care.

Record details

ISBN: 9781927406311
ISBN: 1927406315
Physical Description: print
xix, 418 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Toronto, ON : Elsevier, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The history of health care in Canada -- Health and the individual -- Population health : introduction and principles -- The law and health care -- Ethics and health care -- The role of Health Canada and other federal and international health agencies -- The role of provincial and territorial governments in health care -- The dollars and "sense" of health care funding -- Practitioners and practice settings -- Current issues and future trends in health care in Canada.