Health Matters: Evidence, Critical Social Science, and Health Care in Canada

Published by University of Toronto Press 2020

Health Matters

Evidence, Critical Social Science, and Health Care in Canada

Edited by: Eric Mykhalovskiy , Jacqueline Choiniere , Pat Armstrong and Hugh Armstrong

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487536961

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About this book

This book calls into question the complexity of social, political, cultural, and technological aspects of the health care system. It explores how critical social science research can be put into action to improve health care in Canada.

Author / Editor information

Mykhalovskiy Eric :

Eric Mykhalovskiy is a professor in the Department of Sociology at York University.
Choiniere Jacqueline :

Jacqueline Choiniere is an associate professor with the School of Nursing in the Faculty of Health at York University..
Armstrong Pat :

Pat Armstrong is a Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and a professor in the Department of Sociology at York University..
Armstrong Hugh :

Hugh Armstrong is a Distinguished Research Professor and professor emeritus of Social Work, Political Economy, and Sociology at Carleton University.

Reviews

William Magee, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto:

"Health Matters offers a number of timely, interesting, and useful critiques of trends in clinical practice, research, and management practices."

Marie Campbell, Professor Emerita, Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria:

"Offering a refreshing analytic awareness of the constitutive ‘neoliberal’ effect on health care, Health Matters not only challenges the status quo, but is inspirational of social change; it reveals the systemic problems. Health Matters focuses on demonstrating how critical health research fills specific lacunae in contemporary health knowledge, thereby offering new and needed insights and inspiration for efforts to change the organization of Canadian health care, making it a serious advance in state-of-the-art research."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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1 Introduction Eric Mykhalovskiy, Jacqueline Choiniere, Pat Armstrong and Hugh Armstrong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One: What Counts as Evidence? Managerial Knowledge, Visibility, and Experience
2 The Dematerialization of Fundamental Nursing Care in an Era of Managerial Reform Craig Dale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
3 From “Making a Decision” to “Decision Making”: A Critical Reflection on a Discursive Shift Mary Ellen MacDonald and David Kenneth Wright Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
4 Code Work: RAI-MDS, Measurement, Quality, and Work Organization in Long-Term Care Facilities in Ontario Tamara Daly, Jacqueline Choiniere and Hugh Armstrong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
5 Disputing Evidence: Canadian Health Professionals’ Responses to Evidence about Midwifery Vicki Van Wagner and Elizabeth Darling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
6 “Tell Me Where It Hurts”: A Case Study of the Impacts of Structural Violence, Syndemic Suffering, and Intergenerational Trauma on Indigenous Peoples’ Health Christianne V. Stephens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
7 Satisfaction Not Guaranteed: Broadening the Discourse on Quality Improvement in the Home Care System Alisa Grigorovich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Part Two: Health Markets, Individualization, and Commodification
8 Cigarette-Packaging Legislation in Canada and the Smoking Subject Kirsten Bell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
9 Public Good, or Goods for the Public: The Commercialization of Academic Health Research Kelly Holloway and Matthew Herder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
10 Making Sense of Vaginal Mesh Ariel Ducey, Barry Hoffmaster, Magali Robert and Sue Ross Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
11 Seeking Disability Politics in Disability and Health-Related Non-profit Organizations Christine Kelly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
12 Medical Laboratories: For-Profit Delivery and the Disintegration of Public Health Care Ross Sutherland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
13 Nail Salons, Toxics, and Health: Organizing for a Better Work Environment Anne Rochon Ford Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
14 Conclusion – Health Matters: Research in Practice Pat Armstrong, Hugh Armstrong, Jacqueline Choiniere and Eric Mykhalovskiy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 304
Illustrations
- Other: 3 b&w illustrations, 8 b&w tables
Keywords: medicine; social work; public health; evidence-based decision making; health care; critical social science; neo-liberalism; health services research; home care

eBook

Published: May 5, 2020
ISBN: 9781487536961