Main description:

Designed to make the subject of health policy accessible to students, this revised and updated text introduces the recent key developments in health policy in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere. Its chapters guide readers through the various models of policy development and implementation using case studies of actual policies, and offer questions that spark critical thinking. Taking as her focus the organization of health care delivery in Canada, the impact of economic globalization on health policy, and the impact of the market on health policy, Toba Bryant has produced the perfect classroom resource for students in a range of health sectors.

Features

includes critical-thinking questions, suggested online resources, and a recommended readings list for each chapter
contains new chapter-end glossaries of key terms
considers social equity and determinants of health in addition to health care
offers content applicable to a variety of disciplines, including nursing, health sciences, medicine, and social work

Contents:

Preface
Chapter 1: Introducing Health Policy and Policy Studies
Chapter 2: Ways of Knowing: Health Policy and Health Studies
Chapter 3: Theories of Public Policy
Chapter 4: Understanding Policy Change
Chapter 5: Influences on Public Policy
Chapter 6: Overview of the Canadian Health Care System
Chapter 7: Health Care Reform in Canada
Chapter 8: Markets and Health Policy
Chapter 9: Health Policy in Broader Perspective: Welfare States and Public Policy
Chapter 10: Canadian Federalism, the Canadian Social Union, and Health Policy
Chapter 11: Globalization and Free Trade
Chapter 12: The Future of Health Policy in Canada