A critical policy analysis of an emerging agenda for home care in one Canadian province

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 242-253

  Duncan, Susan ^a   Reutter, Linda ^b  

^a THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian health reforms; Critical policy analysis; Home care; Primary health care; Values

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; HEALTH POLICY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLICY MAKING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 33645715808     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2006.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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