HLTC43H3 Lecture : HLTC03 LECTURE 1.docx
Document Summary
Health policy and public policy studies: how to promote health of the population - health care and health policy. Public policy plays a significant role in shaping health. Canadian federalism, health promotion and health status of the country, health distribution and its resources. There are a lot of conflict between different levels of the government. They tend to see the process as being rational, governments being very rational by gathering up all the information they can and decide what they think the public will want. Believe that political process is conflict driven, it is politics, it is about ideology. It is anchored in a set of values. Its not just government that makes decisions there are institutions and stake holders that have their own interest in health policy. Romanow - he was the premier of saskatawan - developed medicare. What is health policy: policy by government to address and identify health issues for gov to take action or inaction.
