Just Medicare

What's in, What's Out, How We Decide

AvColleen M, Flood

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Beskrivning

The most important issue facing Canadian health care today is access to services. But who decides what services will be publicly funded, and how? The essays in Just Medicare explore the diverse means by which law influences what should and should not be covered by publicly-funded Medicare.Edited by Colleen M. Flood, the collection demonstrates three analytical approaches to the question of what services attract public funding. The first describes the existing processes for determining what is in and out of the publicly-funded sector and what is left to the private sector. The second approach suggests the principles that should guide decision-making and then investigates existing decision-making processes to see whether or not such principles are applied. The third analytical approach focuses on the processes of determining what services are publicly funded and, in particular, the right to review or appeal those decisions.The role of law is usually underestimated by those in health policy. Just Medicare illustrates that legal scholars can also contribute to the issue of how to allocate scarce health resources by determining what constitutes fair processes for decision-making, and by challenging unjust processes. In re-evaluating the potential of the law, this collection adds an important new dimension to the issue of health care in Canada.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-03-31
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:432
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781442676459
Förlag:University of Toronto Press
Vikt:1 g

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Hälso- och sjukvård inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

Colleen M. Flood is a Canada Research Chair in health law and policy in the Faculty of Law and the Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments IntroductionCOLLEEN M. FLOODPart One: Constitutional and Administrative Law Challengesto the Boundaries of Medicare What Is In and Out of Medicare? Who Decides? COLLEEN M. FLOOD, CAROLYN TUOHY, and MARK STABILECharter Challenges and Evidence-Based Decision-Making in the Health Care System: Towards a Symbiotic Relationship DONNA GRESCHNERMisdiagnosis or Cure? Charter Review of the Health Care System MARTHA JACKMANClaiming Equity and Justice in Health: The Role of the South African Right to Health in Ensuring Access to HIV/AIDS TreatmentLISA FORMANPart Two: Access to Abortion and Reproductive Health Services Abortion Denied: Bearing the Limits of Law SANDA RODGERSProtecting Fairness in Women’s Health: The Case of Emergency Contraception JOANNA N. ERDMAN and REBECCA J. COOKAchieving Reproductive Rights: Access to Emergency Oral Contraception and Abortion in QuebecROBERT P. KOURIPart Three: Access for the Vulnerable: Case Studies from Aboriginal Health and Mental Health Jurisdictional Roulette: Constitutional and Structural Barriers to Aboriginal Access to Health CONSTANCE MACINTOSHThe Rural Aboriginal Health Gap: The Romanow Solutions?JANESCA KYDDAccess to Treatment of Serious Mental Illness: Enabling Choice or Enabling Treatment?SHEILA WILDEMANPart Four: Rationing Access: The Role of the Physician Gatekeeper The Legal Regulation of Referral Incentives: Physician Kickbacks and Physician Self-ReferralSUJIT CHOUDHRY, NITEESH K. CHOUDHRY,and ADALSTEINN D. BROWNThe Costs of Avoiding Physician Conflicts of Interest: A Cautionary Tale of Gainsharing RegulationRICHARD S. SAVERPart Five: Free Trade Agreements: Strengthening or UnderminingAccess to Health Care? The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and Its Implications for Health CareROXANNE MYKITIUK and MICHELLE DAGNINOPatient Mobility in the European UnionANDRÉ DEN EXTERPart Six: Manufacturing Demand for Access: The Role ofthe Media and the Commercialization of Research The Power of Illusion and the Illusion of Power: Direct-to-Consumer Advertising and Canadian Health CarePATRICIA PEPPINThe Media, Marketing, and Genetic ServicesTIMOTHY CAULFIELDCommercialized Medical Research and the Need for Regulatory ReformTRUDO LEMMENSGrasping the Nettle: Confronting the Issue of Competing Interests and Obligations in Health Research PolicyJOCELYN DOWNIEConclusionCOLLEEN M. FLOODContributors