Patient-Related Health Care and Public Policy in Canada looks to develop and apply a policy analysis "tool kit" to critically analyze key issues and trends in Canada’s health care system and health policy. Course sections examine the current state of health care in Canada, the public-private mix, the influence of powerful interest groups, and the determinants of health, paying particular attention to the ideas, interests, and institutions which have shaped the Canadian health care system in the past and continue to shape its future. This graduate course is designed for health professionals and students of health policy and management who need to "make sense" of a rapidly changing and increasingly politicized health care environment in which "evidence" is often only one factor driving the pace and direction of change.