Bitter medicine. Part two, Medicare in crisis / written & directed by Tom Shandel ; producers, George Johnson, Tom Shandel ; produced by the National Film Board of Canada ; Pacific Production Studio.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Shandel, Tom, director, producer.

Johnson, George, producer.

Petrie, Ann, narrator.

National Film Board of Canada, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicare--Canada.

Medicare.

Health insurance--Canada--History.

Health insurance.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (28 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Montréal, QC : Canada. Canadian Heritage Department. National Film Board of Canada, 1983.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Part two of a two-part documentary examining Canada's national health insurance system from its conception on the Canadian Prairies in the early part of the century to its present state of crisis. This second part examines national Medicare twenty years after its inception and the bitter struggle among various authorities as they jockey to attain a position of power in a new scheme of things.

Participant:

Narrator: Ann Petrie.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed December 11, 2017).

OCLC:

1022759082