Sholom Glouberman's blog

October, 1998.

"Population health" and "sustainable development" are labels that describe two related "big picture" analyses of broad social relations that are greatly extended through space and time, and which involve economic, socio-cultural, and environmental dimensions.

The purpose of this paper is to consider conceptual linkages between sustainable development and population health, and to reflect upon what these areas of joint concern suggest for public policy.

This presentation was delivered:

• To the Stroke Strategy Collaborative, Heart and Stroke Foundation, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, (Toronto, Ontario) October 19, 2003.
• To the Northwestern Ontario District Health Council (Thunder Bay, Ontario) September 19, 2003. To Meeting Patient Needs: Achieving and Sustaining Practice Change Sponsored by the Department of Human Services Victoria ( Melbourne, Australia), May 23, 2003.
• To the Women’s Health Council at the Marriott Courtyard Hotel (Toronto, Ontario) February 6, 2003.
• At the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, January 31, 2003.

This presentation was delivered: To the Australian Institute of Socio-Analysis (AISA) ( Melbourne, Australia), May 19, 2003. North York General Hospital , 2004. Champlain District Health Council, 2004.

What lies ahead once health reforms have been implemented?

Will the reforms have healed the divisions and resolved the problems in health care?

Beyond Restructuring is a distillation of ideas and themes from a King's Fund International Seminar which addresses the question of 'life beyond reform'. It guides the reader through the debate in a variety of accessible ways. The book includes many of the papers from the participant countries and summarizes the discussion, sub-themes and conclusions that emerged from them.

Hard copies of Beyond Restructuring are available from the King's Fund.

Keepers presents twelve monologues culled from over 60 interviews with workers in prisons, long-stay hospitals, and other total institutions. Through the stories of these modern "dungeons", the book explores questions about autonomy, freedom, love and individuality. It also sheds light on the relationship between a closed environment and those individuals who serve in it or suffer from it. Keepers is both a tale of the modern inferno as told by its keepers, as well as an examination of the nature and limitations of certain aspects of human relationships.