Health and Health Care Delivery in Canada

<p>Get the big picture on the past, present, and future of the Canadian health care system!<b> </b>The only text of its kind, Thompson’s <b>Health and Health Care Delivery in Canada, 4th Edition</b><b> </b>examines the nation’s approach to health, wellness, and illness. It’s ideal for all Canadian students beginning a career in health care!</p><ul><li><b>Comprehensive approach</b> features an engaging, easy-to-understand, personal writing style.</li><li><b><i>Thinking It Through</i></b> <b>questions</b> ask you to explore personal views and critically consider the aspects of health and health care delivery.</li><li><b><i>Case Examples</i></b> provide real-world scenarios related to the chapter topics.</li><li><b><i>Did You Know?</i></b><b> boxes</b> present facts, points of interest, and actual health care situations.</li><li><b><i>Chapter Summaries</i></b> cover the chapter’s key takeaways.</li><li><b>Review questions</b> at the end of every chapter test your comprehension of the material.</li><li><b><i>Key Terms</i></b> open each chapter.</li></ul><ul><li><b>NEW! Completely updated content </b>is included in <i>Thinking It Through, Did You Know?</i> and <i>Case Example</i> feature boxes.</li><li><b>NEW! </b><b>Content on Indigenous health</b> includes the pre-colonial history of health care in Canada as well as post-colonial policies affecting Indigenous populations.</li><li><b>NEW! </b><b>Issues of inclusion and inequality vis-à-vis the Social Determinants of Health</b> are threaded throughout the book.</li><li><b>NEW! </b><b>Coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic</b> includes its impact on health care spending, social inequality, quarantine powers, public health, and the rights of the individual.</li></ul>