The Governance of Health Care in Canada : : The Romanow Papers, Volume 3 / / ed. by Pierre-Gerlier Forest, Gregory Marchildon, Tom McIntosh.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Braën, André,; Chenard, Kina,; Choudhry, Sujit,; Dudas, Adriana,; Flood, Colleen M.,; Greschner, Donna,; Imbeau, Louis M.,; Johnson, Candace,; Lavis, John N.,; Leeson, Howard,; Lehoux, Pascale,; Maioni, Antonia,; Mcintosh, Tom,; Pelletier, Réjean,; Tomblin, Stephen,
• HerausgeberIn: Forest, Pierre-Gerlier,; Marchildon, Gregory,; McIntosh, Tom,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (387 p.)

The twelve papers in this third volume of the research program for the Romanow Commission offer a detailed analysis of the governance of health care in Canada from the perspective of constitutionalism, intergovernmental relations, and societal context.In the first section, the authors deal with the formal division of powers regarding health care as outlined in the Canadian constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The second section outlines the strengths and weaknesses of the intergovernmental governance of health care. Finally, the third section focuses on governance of health care outside of the governmental sphere. The theme that resonates throughout the contributions ? and which is in itself a call for deeper analysis ? is that health care governance has become locked in a cycle of mutual recrimination, blame assigning, and blame avoidance from the federal and provincial levels right down to the level of the individual citizen.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction: Restoring Trust, Rebuilding Confidence - The Governance of Health Care and the Romanow Report -- Part I. The Constitutional Context -- 1. Health and the Distribution of Powers in Canada -- 2. Constitutional Jurisdiction over Health and Health Care Services in Canada -- 3. How Will the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Evolving Jurisprudence Affect Health Care Costs? -- Part II. The Intergovernmental Context -- 4. Intergovernmental Cooperation Mechanisms: Factors for Change? -- 5. Roles and Responsibilities in Health Care Policy -- 6. Health Care Politics and the Intergovernmental Framework in Canada -- 7. The Conditions for a Sustainable Public Health System in Canada -- Part III. The Social and Legal Context -- 8. Political Elites and Their Influence on Health Care Reform in Canada -- 9. Creating a More Democratic Health System: A Critical Review of Constraints and a New Approach to Health Restructuring -- 10. Could New Regulatory Mechanisms Be Designed after a Critical Review of Health Technology Innovations? -- 11. Strengthening the Foundations: Modernizing the Canada Health Act