While Canadians have long held equal access to health care based on need, rather than ability to pay, as a core social … value, successive Canadian governments have failed to ensure timely access to adequate health care for all. As a result …, access to health care is increasingly being pursued as a right under the Canadian Charter. In this context, the author …

Several empirical studies provide evidence that their actual health state affects people's attitudes towards health and … medical care in hypothetical health states. In the tradition of behavioural economics this paper considers the actual health … state as a point of reference and builds a model for studying the implications of this phenomenon on health insurance and on …

There are fundamental public health challenges and trade–offs that need to be confronted for the achievement of the … highest attainable standard of health and the sustainability agendas to be compatible. The trade–offs arise because, at a … population level, the highest attainable standard of health is a standard that is achieved (or progressively realised) through …