A Healthy Society: How a Focus on Health can Revive Canadian Democracy

A Healthy Society: How a Focus on Health can Revive Canadian Democracy
ISBN-10
1895830672
ISBN-13
9781895830675
Category
Medical
Pages
144
Language
English
Published
2012-04-16
Publisher
Purich Publishing
Author
Ryan Meili

Description

Income, education, employment, housing, the wider environment, and social supports; far more than the actions of physicians, nurses, and other health care providers, it is these conditions that make the greatest difference in our health. Drawing on his experiences as a family physician in the inner city of Saskatoon, Mozambique, and rural Saskatchewan, Dr. Ryan Meili uses scholarship and patient stories to explore health determinants and democratic reforms that could create a truly healthy society. By synthesizing diverse ideas into a plan for action based on the lived experiences of practitioners and patients, A Healthy Society breaks important ground in the renewal of politics toward the goal of better lives for all Canadians.

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