HLST 3120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Bicameralism, Victim Blaming, Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services
11 Jan 2018
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Chapter 1: introducing health policy and policy studies. The scope of health policy: canada"s concern with health status indicators is usually focussed on the effects of health care access and delivery. Theories of public policy: two types of approaches: consensus and critical, consensus approach are concerned with how various groups compete to influence public policy, including health policy. Individualism is the belief that the focus of attention with regard to health care and health policy should be on the individual rather than on environments and societal institutions or structures.
