title: Linking the geographical, the medical and the political in analysing health care delivery systems.
abstract: The models and methodologies used by medical geographers for analysing health care delivery systems are critically reviewed. As a result, it is argued that an intellectual cul-de-sac has been reached because of the lack of linkage in these models and methodologies that explicitly recognize the socio-cultural and political-economic influences in the environment, where the health care delivery system under study exists. Using the example of abortion services in Canada in general, and Ontario specifically for illustrative purposes, a general model for linking the geographical, the medical and the political aspects of health care delivery is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geography, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
mesh_terms: D000023:Abortion Applicants / Q000523:psychology; D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009864:Ontario; D011057:Politics; D011247:Pregnancy