Main description:

Staying Alive provides a fresh perspective on health, health care, and illness that will be of interest to a wide range of readers in the fields of health studies, nursing, and social policy.

In addition to traditional health sciences and sociological approaches, the book provides human rights and political economy perspectives on health, focusing on Canada and the United States within an international context. This unique collection also includes chapters on pharmaceutical policy, social class, race, gender and care, the social construction of illness and disability, and approaches to promoting population health that include insights into the impact of economic forces such as globalization and privatization.

The second edition has been thoroughly updated and features a new chapter on research methodology; expanded discussions of inequality, women's health, public health and public policy; more material on First Nations health; and a new discussion of the historical development of the Canadian medicare system.

Contents:

Foreword - Gary Teeple
Preface
Part I: Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Health Care
Chapter 1: Epidemiological Apporaches to Population Health - Stephen Bezruchka
Chapter 2: Sociological Perspectives on Health and Health Care - Ivy Lynn Bourgeault
Chapter 3: Health and Health Care: A Political Economy Perspective - David Coburn
Chapter 4: The Right to Health: Human Rights Approaches to Health - Marcia Rioux
Chapter 5: Researching Health: Knowledge Paradigms, Methodologies, and Methods - Toba Bryant, Dennis Raphael, and Marcia Rioux
Part II: Social Determinants of Health
Chapter 6: Social Determinants of Health: An Overview of Concepts and Issues - Dennis Raphael
Chapter 7: Social Class and Health Inequalities - Julie McMullin and Lorraine Davies
Chapter 8: Gender, Race, and Health Inequalities - Ann Pederson, Dennis Raphael, and Ellisa Johnson
Chapter 9: Politics, Public Policy, and Health Inequalities - Toba Bryant
Part III: Canada's Health Care System
Chapter 10: Cracks in the Foundation: The Origins and Development of the Canadian and American Health Care Systems - Georgina Feldberg, Robert Vipond, and Toba Bryant
Chapter 11: Evolution of Health Care Policy: Deconstructing Divergent Approaches - Mary E. Wiktorowicz
Chapter 12: The Provision of Care: Professions, Politics, and Profit - Ivy Lynn Bourgeault
Part IV: Critical Issues in Health, Illness, and Health Care
Chapter 13: Gender, Health, and Care - Pat Armstrong
Chapter 14: Constructing Disability and Illness - Marcia Rioux and Tamara Daly
Chapter 15: Pharmaceutical Policy: The Dance between Industry, Government, and the Medical Profession - Joel Lexchin
Chapter 16: The Political Economy of Public Health: Public Health Concerns in Canada, the U.S., U.K., Norway, and Sweden - Dennis Raphael and Toba Bryant
Chapter 17: Toward the Future: Current Themes in Health Research and Practice in Canada - Toba Bryant, Dennis Raphael, and Marcia Rioux
About the Contributors
Copyright Acknowledgments
Index