Code Blue: Reviving Canada's Health Care System - Couverture souple

Gratzer Dr, Dr David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1550223933 ISBN 13 : 9781550223934

Editeur : ECW Press, 1999

Synopsis

Will medicare be there when I need it? Increasingly, Canadians are asking themselves this question. We hear the horror stories every day: hospital hallways lined with patients; long waiting lists for cancer treatment; a shortage of high-tech equipment. No wonder confidence in medicare, Canada's most cherished social program, has fallen to a historic low. In Code Blue: Reviving Canada's Health Care System, David Gratzer takes a close look at our health care system -- from the overcrowded emergency rooms of Montreal hospitals, to the thriving practices of Canadian doctors who have decided to head south. He explores our misconceptions about the American health care system, analyzes demographic trends, and exposes the emptiness of political debate on the subject. Gratzer argues convincingly that the problems with medicare stem from its very structure, a structure that will only continue to weaken as Canada's population grows older. Do the commonly proposed solutions to these problems -- increased funding, two-tiered services, better management, user fees -- really have what it takes to correct such major flaws? Gratzer concludes they don't, and looks at several models in other countries before writing his own prescription for ours.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

David Gratzer is a medical student at the University of Manitoba. His articles on health care have been published in over a dozen newspapers and magazines including the National Post, the Toronto Star, and the Ottawa Citizen.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: ECW Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1550223933
• ISBN 13: 9781550223934
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 220
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible