Unhealthy Times : Political Economy Perspectives on Health and Care in Canada

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; andLocating Risk, with essays on work, environmental contamination, and poverty.