Unhealthy Times: Political Economy Perspectives on Health and Care in Canada - Softcover

A useful book for both the specialist academic and for those with a general interest in Canadian health policy and issues. (Social Policy)

Unhealthy Times brings together some of the enormous amount of research being undertaken within a broadly defined political economy framework about health and health care. Th book is divided into three sections: Locating Health Care, with essays on homecare, globalization, and a comparison of the Canadian system with the British National Health Service; Locating Evidence, with essays on research in health services, women, and the pharmaceutical industry; and Locating Risk, with essays on work, environmental contamination, and poverty.