Annotated Reference List
Unit 2: Federal and Provincial Health Systems in Canada

 

Adamson, K., Ashcroft, R., Langlois, S., & Lising, D. (2020). Integrating social work into interprofessional education. Advances in Social

Work, 20(2), 454–472. https://doi.org/10.18060/23602

• Discusses strategies on the challenges of integration of the social work practice into the healthcare setting and explores the importance of mitigating these challenges within the social work inter-professional practice.

 

Alberta College of Social Workers. (2019). Standards of practice. Practice Resources.

https://acsw.in1touch.org/document/2672/DOC_FINALACSWStandardsOfPractice_V1_1_20200304.pdf

• The regulatory body responsible for overseeing Social Workers in the Province of Alberta.  On this site, you can find information on the registration process, competency requirements, standards of practice, networking with other Social Workers, insurance, and publications. 

 

Canadian Association of Social Workers. (2005). Code-of-Ethics and Scope of Practice. Casw-Acts.

https://www.casw-acts.ca/en/Code-of-Ethics and Scope of Practice

• Comprised of 10 provincial and territorial partner organizations, the CASW promotes the profession of social work in Canada, and advances social justice. On this site, you can find continuing education, advocacy, and the code of ethics and scope of practice documents.

 

Flood, C. M. & Thomas, B. P. (2016). Modernizing the Canada Health Act. Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2017-08.

Retrieved January 18, 2022, from https://ssrn.com/abstract=2907029

• A journal article specific to modernizing the Canada Health Act with a detailed outline of the exclusion of important health benefits and the contrast of what is missing.  Specific attention is described of the limitations of the Canada Health Act.

 

Government of Canada. (n.d.). Canada Health Act. Retrieved January 20, 2022, from

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-care-system/canada-health-care-system-medicare/canada-health-act.html

• An outline and description of the Canada Health Act with infographics and links to specific legislation.

 

Government of Canada. (n.d.). Canada's Health Care System. Retrieved January 26, 2022, from

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-care-system/reports-publications/health-care-system/canada.html#a3

• Canadian Federal website with detailed links and information on the background and role of the Canadian Health Care System, in addition to detailed outline of how health care services are delivered in Canada.

 

Government of Canada (2021, October 29). Indigenous health care in Canada. Retrieved January 21, 2022, from

https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1626810177053/1626810219482

• Canadian Federal website with detailed information on the specifics of Indigenous health care in Canada and descriptions of emerging pathways for the health of the indigenous population in Canada.

 

Government of Canada (n.d.). Social determinants of health and health inequalities. Retrieved January 22, 2022, from

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/population-health/what-determines-health.html

• Canadian Federal website with detailed information on the social determinants of health and health inequalities and specific strategies Canada is engaged in to support the reduction of health inequalities in Canada.

 

Health Canada. (2005, May 16). Canada Health Act - Links to Provincial and Territorial Health Care Web Resources. Retrieved January

22, 2022, from https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/health-care-system/canada-health-care-system-medicare/provincial-territorial-health-care-resources.html

• This web page provides specific link to Provincial and Territorial health care web resources.

  

Martin, D., Miller, A., Quesnel-Vallee, A., Caron, N. R., Vissandjee, B., Marchildon, G. P. (2018) Canada’s universal health-care system:

achieving its potential.  The Lancet, 391(10131), p. 1718-1735.  Retrieved January 23, 2022, from

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)30181-8/fulltext

• This journal article highlights the importance of public engagement, provincial administration, and relays the faults of the country's  national health care system.  Specific references are made to sustainable models of care delivery and the profound health inequities experienced by the indigenous population in Canada.

 

National Association of Social Workers (2016, April). Challenges faced by social workers as members of interprofessional collaborative

health care teams. Retrieved January 30, 2022, from http://www.socialworkblog.org/nasw-publications/2016/04/challenges-face-by-social-workers-as-members-of-interprofessional-collaborative-health-care-teams/

• Themes explored in this journal article are specific to identifying the challenges faced in interdisciplinary health care for social workers.  The perspective of greater inclusion, collaborative culture, self-identity, role clarification and power dynamics are addressed.

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Senger, P., & Wiest, C. (2022). Professionalism in the field of social work. In L. Rapp-McCall, K. Corcoran, & A. R. Roberts (Eds.), Social

Worker’s Desk Reference (4th ed., Vol. 46, Issue 09, pp. 12–20). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.5860/CHOICE.46-4804

• This book chapter discusses the basic foundation of social work practice in interdisciplinary practice. Collaboration and communication are noted as significant themes, in addition to awareness of the limits and boundaries of the social work profession.