RJA 9

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RJA #9: Evaluation of Sources

1) canadian-healthcare.org was a source of quick facts for my research topic. It was clear and easy to find information, but the information that it contained was very broad and simplistic. There is a small chance that I would use this website as a source on my argumentative paper, but I would probably just use this information mainly for general knowledge that I can capitalize to get more in-depth research.

2) "The Canadian Healthcare System: The Future of American Healthcare?" is a periodical article that I found here at the Auraria Library. This article covered many great issues such as the development of the Canadian healthcare system; organization and financing; healthcare delivery issues; expenditures for physicians' services, and regulation of physician supply. My citation format would be in MLA and would present itself such as:

LeBien, Laurent "The Canadian healthcare system: The future of American healthcare?." Hospital Topics 74.3 (1996): 25. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 15 Oct. 2009.

3) As I was searching periodical articles at the library I came across one that really caught my eye. It was called "Current trends and future directions for the Canadian healthcare system" and had really good information on the structure of healthcare in Canada, trends in health expenditures, and policies designed to enhance the access to healthcare services. The MLA citation for this article would be:

Coyte, Peter C. "Current Trends and Future Directions for the Canadian Healthcare System." Economic Affairs. 21. 4 (2001): 24-27.

4) I checked out the book "About Canada" months ago and was able to easily learn about Canada's method of health care. This book was full of information, but I mainly concentrated on the first five chapters on how Canada got the Canada Health Care Act and what it all entailed. The MLA citation for this book would appear such as:

Armstrong, Pat/Hugh. Health Care. Ontonio: Halifax Fernwood, 2008. Print.

5) Another book that caught my attention was "Wasting away: the undermining of Canadian health care" so like the last book I checked it out weeks ago to get a firmer grasp of my topic. As I read it the style was such as the last book, but it took awhile before I noticed that it was the same exact authors just an older book with slightly different information. I learned the development of Canadian Health Care; Who provides the care: The institutions; Who pays; Who decides; and who wins and who loses. The citation pertaining to this book looks like:

Citation added: Pat, Armstrong,. Wasting away the undermining of Canadian health care. Toronto: Oxford UP, 1996. Print.

6) The article "Pushing Right against the Evidence: Turbulent Times for Canadian Health Care." also grabbing my attention because of the opposite stance that it take had good topics like the debate over the direction of the country's health care reform. They believe the Canadian medical care system needs to be reformed. They also mention different societal issues related to health care reform. The MLA citation appeared:

Kenny N, and R Chafe. "Pushing Right against the Evidence: Turbulent Times for Canadian Health Care." The Hastings Center Report. 37. 5 (2007).