Making medicare : new perspectives on the history of medicare in Canada / edited by Gregory P. Marchildon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marchildon, Gregory P., 1956-

Institute of Public Administration of Canada.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Series:

Institute of Public Administration of Canada series in public management and governance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Health Programs--history.

Public health administration.

History.

Medical policy.

National health insurance.

Canada.

Health Policy--history.

History, 20th Century.

History, 21st Century.

National health insurance--Canada--History.

Medical policy--Canada--Provinces--History.

Public health administration--Canada--Provinces--History.

Medical Subjects:

National Health Programs--history.

Canada.

Health Policy--history.

History, 20th Century.

History, 21st Century.

Physical Description:

x, 321 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : Institute of Public Administration of Canada : University of Toronto Press, [2012]

Contents:

1 Canadian Medicare: Why History Matters / Gregory P. Marchildon Marchildon, Gregory P. 3

Part 1 National History of Medicine

2 The Foundations of National Public Hospital Insurance / Aleck Ostry Ostry, Aleck 21

3 Into Thin Air: Making National Health Policy, 1939-45 / Heather Macdougall Macdougall, Heather 41

4 The Liberal Party and the Achievement of National Medicare / P.E. Bryden Bryden, P.E. 71

5 Political Cartoonists Respond to Medicare / Felicity Pope Pope, Felicity 89

6 After Medicare: Regionalization and Canadian Health Care Reform / Terry Boychuk Boychuk, Terry 110

Part 2 Individual Provincial Histories of Medicare

7 Four Precursors of Medicare in Saskatchewan / C. Stuart Houston Houston, C. Stuart, Merle Massie Massie, Merle 137

8 The Road Not Taken: The 1945 Health Services Planning Commission Proposals and Physician Remuneration in Saskatchewan / Gordon S. Lawson Lawson, Gordon S. 151

9 The Hoadley Commission (1932-34) and Health Insurance in Alberta / Robert Lampard Lampard, Robert 183

10 From Bennettcare to Medicare: The Morphing of Medical Care Insurance in British Columbia / Gregory P. Marchildon Marchildon, Gregory P., Nicole C. O'Byrne O'Byrne, Nicole C. 207

11 Newfoundland's Cottage Hospital System: 1920-1970 / Gordon S. Lawson Lawson, Gordon S., Andrew F. Noseworthy Noseworthy, Andrew F. 229

12 The Partnerships between the State and For-Profit Hospitals in Quebec, 1961-1975: A Disappointing Experiment / Aline Charles Charles, Aline, François Guérard Guérard, François 249

Part 3 Oral History and the Birth of Medicare

Witnesses to Medicare in Saskatchewan: Medicare Workshop at the University of Saskatchewan-Wednesday, 20 May 2007

13 The Struggle to Implement Medicare / Allan Blakeney Blakeney, Allan 277

14 Working for Medicare / Betsy Bury Bury, Betsy 282

15 A Physician on the Front Line of Medicare / John D. Bury Bury, John D. 284

16 My Experience in the Medicare Battle and the Woods Commission / Roy Romanow Romanow, Roy 288

17 A Brief Retrospective on the Royal Commission on Health Services / Jack Boan Boan, Jack 291.

Notes:

Papers previously published in the Canadian bulletin of medical history.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

1442613459

9781442613454

OCLC:

808924306

Publisher Number:

99952071782