Health Policy in Canada, Third Edition provides a clear, accessible, and comprehensive introduction to the constantly evolving landscape of Canadian health policy. Written by leading scholar Toba Bryant, this text guides students through foundational policy models, the organization of health care delivery in Canada, and the social, political, and economic forces that shape policy development.
Thoroughly updated, the third edition reflects major legislative and system-level changes, including COVID-era measures, emerging national pharmacare efforts, and the shifting role of the private sector. Expanded coverage addresses mental health, Indigenous health, and immigration and refugee health, ensuring readers understand the current and future challenges facing Canada’s health systems.
Designed for accessibility, Bryant blends research, case studies, and real-world examples with strong pedagogical features, including critical-thinking questions, recommended readings, and online resources. Suitable for nursing, health sciences, social work, medicine, and public health programs this edition is an essential classroom resource for anyone seeking a deep yet understandable overview of health policy in Canada today.
Features:
Thoroughly updated statistics and research support the core and expanded content of the third edition, including an introduction to MAiD expansion, COVID-era policy shifts, emerging national pharmacare efforts, and by province restructuring
Designed to demystify complex policy structures, debates, and models and fit seamlessly into courses on health policy across nursing, health sciences, social work, public health, and interdisciplinary health programs
Moves beyond a focus on healthcare delivery to integrate social determinants of health, evidence of structural inequalities, impacts of marginalized populations, and inclusion of intersectional and Indigenous perspectives
Takes an applied learning approach through case-studies and real-world Canadian policy examples allowing students to learn not only what policy is but how it is made, implemented, evaluated, and contested
Chapter 1: Introducing Health Policy and Policy Studies
Chapter 2: Ways of Knowing: Health Policy and Health Studies
Chapter 3: Theories of Public Policy
Chapter 4: Understanding Policy Change
Chapter 5: Influences on Public Policy
Chapter 6: Overview of the Canadian Health Care System
Chapter 7: Health Care Reform in Canada
Chapter 8: Canadian Federalism, the Canadian Social Union, and Health Policy
Chapter 9: Health and the Canadian Welfare State
Chapter 10: Markets, Neoliberal Global Capitalism, and Health Policy
Chapter 11: The Future of Health Policy in Canada
Biography
Toba Bryant is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Ontario Tech University. Her areas of interest include health and social policy, globalization, the health of Canadians, social determinants of health, and urban health.
“A major strength of this well-researched book on health policy is its applicability and accessibility to students, academics, and health professionals in a broad range of disciplines. Bryant clearly communicates the importance of considering the social determinants of health in their influence on the population health outcomes of Canadians, and hence their relevance to health care policy and health-related public policy. We particularly appreciate that Bryant uses a health equity framing to inform public policy. This book would be an excellent resource in undergraduate and graduate health policy courses.”
—Barbara Astle & Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham, School of Nursing, Trinity Western University
“I wish I’d had this book when I first immigrated to Canada 18 years ago. The evolution of the Canadian health care system is explained clearly, and placed in the context of paradigms, policy analysis, and change. As well, up-to-date examples drawn from several countries clearly illustrate the book’s extensive conceptual material.”
—Lyn Davis, School of Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria
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