Exposing Privatization : Women and Health Care Reform in Canada / Pat Armstrong, Carol Amaratunga, Jocelyne Bernier, Kay Willson, Karen R. Grant, Ann Pederson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Amaratunga, Carol, Editor.

Armstrong, Pat, Editor.

Bernier, Jocelyne, Editor.

Grant, Karen R., Editor.

Pederson, Ann, Editor.

Willson, Kay, Editor.

Series:

Health care in Canada

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health care reform--Canada.

Health care reform.

Women's health services--Canada.

Women's health services.

Privatization--Canada.

Privatization.

Canada.

Medical Subjects:

Canada.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book exposes the many faces of health care privatization and its impact on women. It begins with the international context for health care reform and then moves from coast to coast, setting out what is known about the reforms that are underway and about their impact on women. The complexity of the task is obvious; home care, for example, means one thing in Manitoba and another in Ontario. Who pays for it? Who delivers it? Who gets to use it and under what conditions? are questions with different answers in each province - although the two provinces face similar pressures and often get similar advice. Moreover, reforms are significantly changing home care in both provinces and doing so at a rapid pace. Yet it is not easy to find out the precise nature and extent of these reforms, let alone what they mean in practice, especially for women. Just as there are considerable differences across the country in terms of reforms, there are considerable differences among women in terms of how they connect to health care. This book shows the consequences that reforms have for women as providers and patients, and the impact of these reforms on women's participation in the decision-making process. At the same time, the text never loses sight of the significant differences between women related to their physical, social, economic, cultural/racial, locations and their age and sexual orientation. Which women are affected, in what ways, by which reforms are the central questions in Exposing Privatization, a book that will not only inform but spur action in health care policy and practice.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""The Context for Health Care Reform in Canada""; ""Introduction""; ""The Aftermath of War""; ""After the Welfare State""; ""Canadian Reforms""; ""Conclusion""; ""Health Restructuring and Privatization from Women's Perspective in Newfoundland and Labrador""; ""Introduction""; ""Restructuring of the Health Care System""; ""Privatizing Medical Services""; ""The Impact of Privatization on Women as Care Providers""; ""Shifting from Long-term Institutional to Home and Community-based Care""; ""Health Reform, Privatization and Women in Nova Scotia""; ""Introduction""

""Overview of Health Care Reform in Nova Scotia""""Privatization Trends in Health Care Reform""; ""Women and Health Care Reform""; ""Women, Health Care and Privatization""; ""Conclusion""; ""What Price Have Women Paid for Health Care Reform? The Situation in Quebec""; ""Introduction""; ""Health Care Reform""; ""The Price of Health Care Reform for Women in Quebec""; ""Conclusion""; ""Women, Privatization and Health Care Reform: The Ontario Case""; ""Introduction""; ""Hospitals""; ""Long-term Care in the Community""; ""Long-term Residential Care""; ""Primary Care""; ""Mental Health""

""Rehabilitation Services""""Targeted Programs for Women""; ""Health Information Technology""; ""Conclusion""; ""Missing Links: The Effects of Health Care Privatization on Women in Manitoba and Saskatchewan""; ""Introduction""; ""Privatization""; ""The Impact of Privatization on Women""; ""Conclusion""; ""The Differential Impact of Health Care Privatization on Women in Alberta""; ""Introduction""; ""Gender-based Analysis in Alberta""; ""The Evolution of Alberta Health and Social Policy""; ""Public Participation""; ""Privatization of Health Care in Alberta""; ""Conclusion""

""The Information Gap: The Impact of Health Care Reform on British Columbia Women""""The BC Process of Health Care Reform""; ""Health Care Governance""; ""Health Care Jobs""; ""Nursing: The Burden of Care""; ""Health Care Reform and Privatization""; ""Hospital Reform""; ""The Information Gap""; ""Conclusion""; ""About the Authors""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

9781442602557

1442602554

OCLC:

1110713055