Table of 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

About the Author

Toba Bryant is a co-editor of Staying Alive: Critical Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Health Care as well as a contributor to Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectivs. She is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

Reviews

The strengths of the book are its targeting of a Canadian health care policy audience and its emphasis on using case studies of actual policies to illustrate the various theoretical perspectives. The focus on the relationship between health and social welfare is also a strength."" - Paula Goering, Section Head, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health