Health in Rural Canada - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0774821736 ISBN 13: 9780774821735

Casa editrice: Univ of British Columbia Pr, 2012

Riassunto

Health research in Canada has mostly focused on urban areas, often overlooking the unique issues faced by Canadians living in rural and remote areas. This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of the state of rural health and health care in Canada. The contributors bring insights and methodologies from multiple disciplines and community-based research projects to a full spectrum of topics: health literacy, rural health-care delivery and training, Aboriginal health, web-based services and their application, rural palliative care, and rural health research and policy. Together, these multifaceted explorations of the dynamic relationship between health and place offer a valuable resource for understanding the special, ever-changing needs of rural communities.

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L'autore:

Judith C. Kulig is a registered nurse and professorwithin the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Lethbridge.Allison M. Williams is a health geographer and afaculty member in the School of Geography and Earth Sciences atMcMaster University.

Product Description:

Health research in Canada has mostly focused on urban areas, often overlooking the unique issues faced by Canadians living in rural and remote areas. This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of the state of rural health and health care in Canada, from coast to coast and in northern communities. The contributors bring insights and methodologies from nursing, social work, geography, epidemiology, and sociology and from community-based research to a full spectrum of topics: health literacy, rural health care delivery and training, Aboriginal health, web-based services and their application, rural palliative care, and rural health research and policy. Combined with a general overview of how rural services are structured and funded within the Canadian health care system, these diverse explorations of health and place highlight three key themes: rural places matter to health, rural places are unique, and rural places are dynamic. Wide-ranging and multifaceted, Health in Rural Canada offers researchers and policy-makers, students and practitioners a valuable resource for understanding the special, ever-changing needs of rural communities.

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• Editore: Univ of British Columbia Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0774821736
• ISBN 13: 9780774821735
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 543
• Redattore: Kulig Judith C., Williams Allison M.