Unhealthy Times Political Economy Perspectives on Health and Care

Pat Armstrong, Hugh Armstrong, David Coburn

Paperback (29 Mar 2001)

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780195415094
Publisher:	OUP Canada
Imprint:	Oxford University Press
Pub date:	29 Mar 2001
DEWEY:	362.10971
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	254
Weight:	365g
Height:	229mm
Width:	152mm
Spine width:	14mm