Health Sciences 3400A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Canada Health Transfer, Canada Health Act, Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 3400A/B
• Professor: Unknown

Document Summary

Public policy: concerned with what governments do, why they do it, and what differences it makes. It is about political/social sciences and the ability of this discipline to describe, analyze, and explain public policy. Policy is a discourse: meaning it is a formal, lengthy, discussion of a subject either written or spoken. A form of political discourse that takes place on levels of government. Primary agent of public policy is the government. Health: who defines health as a state of complete physical;, mental and social well- being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Health policy: refers to decisions, plans, and actions that are undertaken to achieve specific health care goals within a society. Primary objective of canadian health care policy according to the canada health act (1985): o. It is hereby declared that the primary objective of canadian health care policy is to protect, promote and restore the physical and mental well-being of residents of.