1. Introduction
Eric Mykhalovskiy, Jacqueline A. Choiniere, Pat Armstrong, and Hugh Armstrong
SECTION 1—What Counts as Evidence?: Managerial Knowledge, Visibility and Experience
2. Dematerialization of Fundamental Nursing Care in an Era of Managerial Reforms
Craig Dale
3. From “Making a Decision” to “Decision Making”: A Critical Reflection on a Discursive Shift
Mary Ellen Macdonald and David K. Wright
4. Code Work: RAI-MDS, Measurement, Quality and Work Organization in Long-term Care Facilities in Ontario
Tamara Daly, Jacqueline A. Choiniere, and Hugh Armstrong
5. Disputing Evidence: Canadian Health Professionals’ Responses to Evidence About Midwifery
Vicki Van Wagner RM, PhD and Elizabeth Darling RM, PhD
6. “Tell Me Where It Hurts:” A Case Study of the Impacts of Structural Violence, Syndemic Suffering, and Intergenerational Trauma on Indigenous People’s Health
Christianne V. Stephens
7. Satisfaction Not Guaranteed: Broadening the Discourse on Quality Improvement in the Home Care System
Alisa Grigorovich
SECTION 2— Health Markets, Individualization and Commodification
8. Cigarette Packaging Legislation in Canada and the Smoking Subject
Kirsten Bell
9. Public Good, or Goods for the Public: The Commercialization of Academic Health Research
Kelly Holloway and Matthew Herder
10. Making Sense of Vaginal Mesh
Ariel Ducey, with Barry Hoffmaster, Magali Robert, and Sue Ross
11. Seeking Disability Politics in Disability and Health-Related Non-Profit Organizations
Christine Kelly
12. Medical Laboratories: For-Profit Delivery and the Disintegration of Public Health Care
Ross Sutherland
13. Nail Salons, Toxics and Health: Organizing for a Better Work Environment
Anne Rochon Ford
14. Conclusion. Health Matters: Research in Practice
Pat Armstrong, Hugh Armstrong, Jacqueline A. Choiniere, Eric Mykhalovskiy
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