1st Edition

Community-Based Programs and Policies Contributions to Social Policy Development in Health Care and Health Care-Related Services

Edited By Howard A. Palley Copyright 2009
170 Pages
by Routledge

170 Pages
by Routledge

170 Pages
by Routledge

This collection is focused on the provision of community-based programs and activities in health and related long-term care services that have contributed, or may in the future contribute, to social policy development. Several of the articles in this collection deal with community-based health and long-term care program and policy initiatives that have been facilitated through federal programs... Read more
  1. Introduction  Howard Palley
  2. PACE: Has it changed the chronic care paradigm?  Marty Lynch, Mauro Hernandez and Carroll Estes
  3. Integrated care: Incentives, approaches, and future considerations  Gail L. Dobell and Robert Newcomer
  4. When the private sphere goes public: Exploring the issues facing family caregiver organizations in the development of long-term care policies  Philip Rozario and Elizabeth Palley
  5. Examining fiscal federalism, regionalization and community-based initiatives in Canada's health care delivery system  Pierre-Gerlier Forest and Howard Palley
  6. CLSCs in Quebec: Thirty years of community action  Benoit Gaumer and Marie-Josee Fleury
  7. Feminist health care in a hostile environment: A case study of the Womancare Health Center  Cheryl Hyde
  8. The voice of advocates in health care policymaking for the poor  Colleen Grogan and Michael Gusmano

Biography

Dr. Howard Palley is Professor and Distinguished Fellow at the Institute for Human Services Policy at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA.