Separate beds : a history of Indian hospitals in Canada, 1920s-1980s / Maureen K. Lux.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lux, Maureen K. (Maureen Katherine), 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Hospital care--Canada--History--20th century.

Indians of North America.

Discrimination in medical care--Canada--History--20th century.

Discrimination in medical care.

Medical policy--Canada--History--20th century.

Medical policy.

Indians, Treatment of--Canada.

Indians, Treatment of.

History.

Indians of North America--Hospital care.

Canada.

Hospitals--history.

Health Policy--history.

Health Services Accessibility--history.

Indians, North American--history.

Hospital Bed Capacity.

Racism.

History, 20th Century.

Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation.

Medical Subjects:

Hospitals--history.

Health Policy--history.

Health Services Accessibility--history.

Indians, North American--history.

Hospital Bed Capacity.

Racism.

History, 20th Century.

Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation.

Canada.

Physical Description:

xii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]

Summary:

"Separate Beds is the shocking story of Canada's system of segregated health care. Operated by the same bureaucracy that was expanding health care opportunities for most Canadians, the 'Indian Hospitals' were underfunded, understaffed, overcrowded, and rife with coercion and medical experimentation. Established to keep the Aboriginal tuberculosis population isolated, they became a means of ensuring that other Canadians need not share access to modern hospitals with Aboriginal patients. Tracing the history of the system from its fragmentary origins to its gradual collapse, Maureen K. Lux describes the arbitrary and contradictory policies that governed the 'Indian Hospitals, ' the experiences of patients and staff, and the vital grassroots activism that pressed the federal government to acknowledge its treaty obligations. A disturbing look at the dark side of the liberal welfare state, Separate Beds reveals a history of racism and negligence in health care for Canada's First Nations that should never be forgotten."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Making Indian Hospitals 19

2 Neither Law nor Treaty 47

3 Everyone in Their Place: Labour in the Indian Hospitals 69

4 Life and Death in an Indian Hospital 94

5 Getting Out of the Hospital Business 130

6 "The Government's eyes were opened": The Treaty Right to Health Care 161.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442645578

1442645571

9781442613867

1442613866

OCLC:

922463043