Main description:

With a strong comparative and international element, this engaging book analyzes the process, implementation, and outcomes of health policy in Canada. The author critically compares Canadian health policy to other systems such as the United States, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Cuba. Case studies include the capacity of various health systems to respond to natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005. Of interest to a variety of disciplines including nursing, social work, health sciences, medical, and healthy policy, it is written for those who are studying or working in the health sector.

The primary goals of this book are:

to examine how public policy - including health policy - is developed and implemented, by providing examples of current health policy issues in Canada
to provide various models of the policy-development and implementation process
to use case studies of health policy issues in Canada, the United States, Sweden, and the United Kingdom and policy changes developed to address these issues in order to illustrate key concepts
to outline key themes in health policy and direct attention to the forces that shape health policy in Canada and in other Western nations

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: Wefare 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
Copyright Acknowledgments
Index