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  • Tommy Douglas and the Quest for Medicare in Canada

    by Gregory Marchildon ...
    How and why was universal health coverage implemented so early in a poverty-stricken province in Canada? Why was its design so faithfully replicated in the national standards that ultimately shaped Medicare across the rest of Canada?Seeking to answer these questions, Tommy Douglas and the Quest for Medicare in Canada explores the history of universal health care through the life of Canadian ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Health Systems in Transition: Canada, Third Edition

    by Gregory Marchildon, Sherry Merkur, Sara Allin ...
    The health care system in Canada receives a great deal of international attention, but it is subject to considerable critique and debate locally. Health Systems in Transition: Canada provides an insightful and objective analysis of the organization, governance, financing, and delivery of health care as well as comparisons between the Canadian system and others internationally.This book draws on a ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Making Medicare

    New Perspectives on the History of Medicare in Canada

    by Gregory Marchildon ...
    The Canadian health care system is so indisputably tied to our national identity that its founder, Tommy Douglas, was voted the greatest Canadian of all time in a CBC television contest. However, very little has been written to date on how Medicare as we know it was developed and implemented. This collection fills a serious gap in the existing literature by providing a comprehensive policy history ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD

  • Nunavut

    A Health System Profile

    by Gregory P. Marchildon, Renée Torgerson ...
    Based on extensive research including visits to most health centres and facilities in Nunavut, Gregory Marchildon and Renée Torgerson have produced a comprehensive review of healthcare in Canada's newest territory. Nunavut: A Health System Profile provides an in-depth examination of population health and healthcare in the territory.Little more than a decade old, Nunavut has a population that ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Universality and Social Policy in Canada

    Edited by Gregory Marchildon, Michael J. Prince, Daniel Béland ...
    Series series The Johnson-Shoyama Series on Public Policy
    Bringing together top scholars in the field, Universality and Social Policy in Canada provides an overview of the universality principle in social welfare. The contributors survey the many contested meanings of universality in relation to specific social programs, the field of social policy, and the modern welfare state. The book argues that while universality is a core value undergirding certain ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Boundaries of Medicare

    Public Health Care beyond the Canada Health Act

    by Katherine Fierlbeck, Gregory P. Marchildon ...
    Series Book 61 - McGill-Queen's/AMS Healthcare Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society
    While almost all universal health coverage in Canada is provided under the Canada Health Act, there is Medicare coverage that is provided outside of the act. This is the first book to explain the nature of these boundary health services, why they exist, and how to navigate them in practice.The Boundaries of Medicare examines the complex range of public health care services and coverage ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Canadian Multinationals and International Finance

    by Gregory P. Marchildon, Duncan McDowall ...
    Seven studies explore the modest but significant role of Canadian multinational enterprises in world finance, trade, and direct investment. Presents a historical overview, analyses of individual companies, and considerations of whole industries. ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Federalism and Decentralization in Health Care

    A Decision Space Approach

    Edited by Gregory Marchildon, Thomas J. Bossert ...
    While health system decentralization is often associated with federations, there has been limited study on the connection between federalism and the organization of publicly financed or mandated health services. Federalism and Decentralization in Health Care examines eight federations that differ in terms of their geography, history and constitutional and political development. Looking at Canada, ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Drought and Depression

    History of the Prairie West, Volume 6

    Edited by Gregory P. Marchildon ...
    Series series History of the Prairie West Series
    Delving into historical accounts of the 1930s, Drought and Depression examines the cataclysmic effects of the Dust Bowl on the Canadian Prairies.The Great Depression of the 1930s often recalls images of the drought-stricken Great Plains. Prolonged drought exacerbated the economic effects of the Great Depression to such a degree that the prairies became the epicentre of the disaster in Canada. ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Fiscal Federalism and Equalization Policy in Canada

    Political and Economic Dimensions

    by André Lecours, Gregory P. Marchildon, Haizhen Mou, M. Rose Olfert, Daniel Béland ...
    Fiscal Federalism and Equalization Policy in Canada aims to increase public understanding of equalization and fiscal federalism by providing a comparative and multidisciplinary perspective on the history, politics, and economics of equalization policy in Canada. The authors provide a brief history, an analysis of the politics of equalization as witnessed over the last fifteen years, and a ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • Bending the Cost Curve in Health Care

    Canada's Provinces in International Perspective

    Edited by Gregory P. Marchildon, Livio Di Matteo ...
    Series series The Johnson-Shoyama Series on Public Policy
    Through Canadian and international perspectives, Bending the Cost Curve in Health Care explores the management of growing health costs in an extraordinarily complex arena. The book moves beyond previous debates, agreeing that while efficiencies and better value for money may yet be found, more fundamental reforms to the management and delivery of health services are essential prerequisites to ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD

  • Vulnerability and Adaptation to Drought on the Canadian Prairies

    by Margot Hurlbert, Jose Armando Boninsegna, Barrie Bonsal, Darrell Corkal, Amber Fletcher, Monica Hadarits, Tom Harrison, Samantha Kerr0, Erin Knuttila1, Suren Kulshreshta2, Gregory Marchildon3, Elma Montana4, Bruce Morito5, Jeremy Pittman6, Alejandro Rojas7, David Sauchyn8, Paula Santibanez9, A. Unvoas0, Johanna Wandel1, James Warren2, Virginia Whittrock3, Elaine Wheaton4 ...
    Although there is considerable historical literature describing the social and economic impact of drought on the prairies in the 1930s, little has been written about the challenges presented by drought in more contemporary times. The drought of 2001-02 was, for example, the most recent large-area, intense, and prolonged drought in Canada and one of Canada's most costly natural disasters in a ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD