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Health and Canadian society: sociological perspectives
- Editors:
- COBURN David, D'ARCY Carl, TORRANCE George M.
- Publisher:
- University of Toronto Press
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 648p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Toronto
Presents a comprehensive overview of the relationship between health, health care, and Canadian society. Includes chapters on: health care costs; health status of Canadians; social distribution of health; low income and child health; the impact of aboriginal health interpreters on decision making; women's perspective on chronic illness; cultural constructions of menopausal women in Japan and Canada; role strains and tranquilliser use; gender and depression; the impact of working conditions, social roles and personal characteristics on gender differences in distress; predictors of successful ageing; women in medicine; maternity traditions and contemporary issues in Canada; womens perspectives on informal care of older people; Ontario's public general hospitals; partnership as a new strategy in mental health policy; community participation in Quebec's health system; the limits of health insurance; family policy and health care in Canada, Sweden and the United States; fiscal crisis and the restructuring of Medicare; and the sociology of health in Canada.