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Doing good : the life of Toronto's General Hospital / J. T. H. Connor.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Connor, James Thomas Hamilton, 1952- author.
- Series:
- Heritage
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Toronto General Hospital--History.
- Toronto General Hospital.
- Medicine--Ontario--Toronto--History.
- Medicine.
- Ontario--Toronto.
- Ontario.
- Medical Subjects:
- Ontario.
- Genre:
- History.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (399 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "A history of Toronto's general hospital offers a window on a broader history of Upper Canada and Ontario over the last two centuries. In this account, J.T.H. Connor traces the hospital's two-hundred-year evolution, as its mandate to 'do good' forced constant adjustment to changing social, medical, and government attitudes." "This work is the most comprehensive analysis of any Canadian hospital or health care institution yet to appear. Using trustees' minutes, medical journals, newspapers, and government reports, along with correspondence, photographs, and reminiscences of trustees, nurses, doctors, and patients, Connor offers acute observation and detailed analysis, as well as compelling character studies and revealing anecdotes. Broad in scope and meticulously executed, Doing Good brings vividly to life the day-to-day routines, the behind-the-scenes intrigue, and the people and politics of a great urban hospital."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction: A Social and Political Barometer
- pt. 1. Providing for the Sick Poor, 1797-1856. 1. A Hospital for Muddy York
- Eventually, 1797-1840. 2. Medical Politics, Political Doctors, and a Beleaguered Hospital, 1841-1856
- pt. 2. A Public Charity, 1856-1903. 3. New Quarters, New Status, 1856-1875. 4. A Model Hospital, 1875-1903
- pt. 3. A Major Academic Hospital, 1904-2000. 5. Millionaires, University Doctors, and Their Hospital, 1904-1930. 6. An Evolving Urban Complex, 1930-2000. Conclusion: Holding It Together.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 20, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-5802-9
- 1-4426-2109-5
- OCLC:
- 944178884
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