36 STEPS ON THE ROAD TO MEDICARE

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DIVThe history of universal hospitalization and its gradual development into medicare./DIVDIVThe cooperative spirit of citizens in twentiethcentury Saskatchewan nurtured innovation in health care and health policy. 36 Steps on the Road to Medicare showcases the decisions that led to the provinces medicare system the forerunner of Canadian health care. Stuart Houston and Merle Massie document the range of Saskatchewan leadership on Canadian North American and world stages: municipal doctors and municipal hospitals the first Red Cross Outpost Hospital in the British Empire tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment a successful pilot comprehensive regional health care plan governmentsponsored cancer clinics innovative LSD and patientoriented treatment for psychoses the first fulltime cancer physicist in Canada and the worlds first concerted clinical use of the betatron and Cobalt60 in cancer treatment. They show how North Americas first socialdemocratic government the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation elected in 1944 and led by the incomparable Tommy Douglas created the blueprint for comprehensive health care and how sequential steps on the road to medicare were implemented quickly and within budget. When federal support for national hospitalization became available Saskatchewan could afford to initiate medicare in 1962. Other Canadian provinces soon followed Saskatchewans lead. Updated to engage with current debates 36 Steps on the Road to Medicare navigates the history of medicare and demonstrates the spirit of innovation that Canada will need to save it./DIVDIVSteps on the Road to Medicare is a major achievement. It pulls together the history of the development of medicare in Saskatchewan and demonstrates the spirit of innovation that Canada will need to save it. Allan Blakeney former premier of Saskatchewan and scholarinresidence College of Law University of Saskatchewan/DIVDIVC. Stuart Houston medical doctor professor naturalist historian and Officer of the Order of Canada is the author or editor of numerous books including To the Arctic by Canoe 18191821 Arctic Ordeal: The Journal of John Richardson SurgeonNatural/DIV

Data Publikacji: 2013-10-24
Wymiary: 203 mm 127 mm