Main description:

Income, education, employment, housing, the wider environment, and social supports; far more than the actions of physicians, nurses, and other health care providers, it is these conditions that make the greatest difference in our health. Drawing on his experiences as a family physician in the inner city of Saskatoon, Mozambique, and rural Saskatchewan, Dr. Ryan Meili uses scholarship and patient stories to explore health determinants and democratic reforms that could create a truly healthy society. By synthesizing diverse ideas into a plan for action based on the lived experiences of practitioners and patients, A Healthy Society breaks important ground in the renewal of politics toward the goal of better lives for all Canadians.

Contents:

Foreword / Roy Romanow

Preface: Determining Health

1. A Healthy Society

2. Medicine On a Larger Scale

3. Growth and Development

4. The World Around Us

5. The Equality of Mercy

6. Learning to Live

7. Heading Downstream

8. Less Politics, More Democracy

9. Our Future Together

References

Acknowledgements

Index