Neither seen nor heard: Children and homecare policy in Canada

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1624-1635

  Peter, Elizabeth ^a   Spalding, Karen ^b   Kenny, Nuala ^c   Conrad, Patricia ^a,d   McKeever, Patricia ^a,e   Macfarlane, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d The Canadian Health Services Research Foundation   (Canada)

^e University of Toronto   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Children; Ethics; Health policy; Home care

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHICS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CITIZENSHIP; COMMUNITY CARE; DISABILITY; ETHICS; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; JUSTICE; LAW; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESPONSIBILITY;

CANADA; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DISABLED CHILDREN; FAMILY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33947193923     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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