Thinking Women and Health Care Reform in Canada explores why health care is a womans 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 womens studies, health sciences, sociology, and nursing, as well as for anyone who is looking for a new picture of health care in Canada.
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:: Womens 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
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