Developed within the context of the expansion of the Canadian welfare state in the years following the Great Depression, the present organization of Canadian health care delivery is now in serious need of reform. This book documents the causes and effects of changes made in this century to Canada's health care policy. Particular emphasis is placed on the decades following 1940, the years in which Canada moved away from an individualistic entrepreneurial medical care system, first toward a collectivist biomedical model and then to a social model for health care.

Anne Crichton, PhD, taught health policy at the University of British Columbia from 1969 to 1985. Since retiring, she has been writing on the Canadian and Australian health care systems. She has served on the Vancouver Regional Health Board and is now doing research on this regional board's evolution.

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Ann Robertson, PhD, has been an assistant professor in the Department of Behavioural Sciences at the University of Toronto since 1993. Her research interests include health promotion, women's health, aging policy and new methodologies for community-based research. She has worked in community development as a Seniors` Wellness Coordinator for the Vancouver Health Department.

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Christine Gordon, MSc, has worked for a number of years as a consultant in health and social policy and community development. She has been engaged in social change movements, including anti-poverty activism, the promotion of equal opportunity, and disability rights. She is a founder of the B.C. Health Communities Network, the Global Health Network, and the B.C. Coalition for Health Care Reform.

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