Thinking Women and Health Care Reform in Canada

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-88961-485-7
Verlag: GAZELLE BOOK SERVICES

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 468 g

Thinking Women and Health Care Reform in Canada explores why health care is a woman's issue and seeks to address gender equity in health services. Written by members of Women and Health Care Reform (WHCR), this collection establishes the importance of including gender in discussions and decisions surrounding health sector reform.

In twelve concise chapters, Thinking Women and Health Care Reform in Canada addresses a wide range of issues, including obesity, maternity care, mental health of health care workers, and private health insurance. This thought-provoking collection is an essential read for students and researchers in the fields of women's studies, health sciences, sociology, and nursing, as well as for anyone who is looking for a new picture of health care in Canada.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Armstrong, Pat

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction - Pat Armstrong
- Chapter 1: Theory and Methods for Thinking Women - Beth Jackson
- Chapter 2: Primary Health Care for Women in Canada - Ann Pederson and Anna Liwander
- Chapter 3: Assembling the Evidence for Thinking Women - Beth Jackson, Ann Pederson, and Morgan Seeley
- Chapter 4: Maternity Care, Margaret Haworth-Brockman - Barbara Clow, and Rachel Rapaport Beck
- Chapter 5: Women, Aging, and Residential Long-Term Care - Morgan Seeley
- Chapter 6: Caring at Home in Canada - Barbara Clow and Kristi Kemp
- Chapter 7: Women's Work in Health Care - Pat Armstrong
- Chapter 8: The Mental Health of Women Health Care Workers - Pat Armstrong
- Chapter 9: Woman-Defined Quality Care - Pat Armstrong, Madeline Boscoe, Barbara Clow, Karen R. Grant, Nancy Guberman, Beth Jackson, Ann Pederson, and Kay Willson
- Chapter 10: Women and Private Health Insurance - Alison Jenkins Jayman and Kay Willson
- Chapter 11: Overweight, Obesity, and Health Care - Karen R. Grant
- Chapter 12: An Unfinished Revolution - Pat Armstrong
- Appendix: The Charlottetown Declaration on the Right to Care
- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Pat Armstrong is Professor of Sociology at York University and is Principal Investigator of a seven-year interdisciplinary study on re-imagining long-term residential care.

Ann Pederson is co-director of the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health.