Critical to care women and ancillary work in health care

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Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 electronic text (ii, 113 p.) : ill., digital file.
Publisher: [Toronto, Ont. : York University, National Coordinating Group on Health Care Reform and Women], 2006

General Note:	Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-113).
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- Section I. Ancillary to what? a determinants of health approach -- The origins of ancillary work -- Section II. The missing health care workers -- Clerical work -- Other assisting occupations in health care -- Visiting homemakers, housekeepers and related occupations -- Cleaning / housekeeping, laundry and food services --Security work -- Managers -- The composite picture -- Section III. Ancillary work is women's work -- Women's care work -- Skills and care - Resistance -- Health and safety -- Section IV. The global context -- Rising health care expenditures -- New public management -- Health care offers an opportunity for profit -- Global markets and workers -- Section V. The health policy context -- Public health care -- privatization -- Integration and team work -- Evidence based decision making -- Accountability -- public health -- Regionalization and decentralization -- Section VI. Implications for policy, research and other action -- References - Appendix.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.