SOCWORK 1A06 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Publicly Funded Health Care, Canadian Medical Association, Canada Health Act
1 Dec 2013
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Chapter 9: social work and the health of canadians. Social workers are part of interdisciplinary team that provide unique holistic perspective to health care: promotion of wellness, and the consideration of the social, economic, spiritual, and cultural needs of the health services client. There is a serious health gap in canada: the well-educated are healthier than the less educated, the employed are healthier than the unemployed etc. Immigrants and visible minorities are at greater disadvantage when it comes to health care. Aboriginals: lowest quintile of the canadians socio-economic hierarchy, have the poorest levels of overall health. Universal public health care: publicly funded health care that is available to all who meet requirements of eligibility. Before 1940, health care was based on payment. Did not become a concern for the govt. until illness threatened to hamper the supply of worker for industry. First nations: had healers and shamans instead of doctors. 1824 - the first canadian medical school was founded.
