Understanding Health, Health Care & Health Policy in Canada

Health and Health Care in Canada: A Sociological View provides students with a general introduction to a sociological orientation to health and health care, with dual emphasis on health (promotion, maintenance, and prevention) as well as illness (treatment, cure, and care). Three themes are introduced in the first half of the book, which figure prominently in the second half: 1) the importance of taking a lifespan perspective; 2) the need to attend to the public and the private, the micro and macro, and the individual and the structural; and 3) issues of inequality. The second half of the text will focus on Self, Formal, and Informal Care, along with Canada's health care policy. Discussion around topical issues, such as obesity, smoking, homelessness, AIDS, stress, and mental illness will be threaded throughout the book.Written by authorities in Health Care Delivery, Understanding Health, Health Care & Health Policy in Canada by Neena Chappell and Margaret Penning provides an excellent foundation for Health Care Delivery studies. Neena Chappell and Margaret Penning's style is excellently suited towards Health Care Delivery studies, and will teach students the material clearly without overcomplicating the subject. What's more, the text is available in the Paperback format shown above (ISBN 9780195424768), as well as a number of other formats. As of April 2008, this revision raises the bar for Understanding Health, Health Care & Health Policy in Canada's high standard of excellence, making sure that it stays one of the foremost Health Care Delivery studies textbooks