Canadian health care and the state : a century of evolution / edited by C. David Naylor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Naylor, C. David (Christopher David), 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Medical care.

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

Medical policy.

Health insurance--Canada--History.

Health insurance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The contributors include prominent specialists in medical, military, and labour history, who provide valuable examinations of such issues as the ideological origins of the welfare state, the experience of the Canadian Army Medical Corps during the First World War, and the development of neuropsychology during the Second World War. Several essays are particularly relevant to contemporary concerns. A history of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in Canada, extended to include present-day research, reveals underlying flaws in the approach to STDs taken by Canadian governments and the medical establishment. The comparative development of health insurance in Canada and the United States is discussed in another essay. Other authors provide a historical and critical review of a key assumption of Canadian Medicare: that universal first-dollar coverage will enhance equity in the use of health services and in health status. In addition to David Naylor, who writes the Introduction, the contributors are Robin F. Badgley, Jay Cassel, Terry Copp, Raisa B. Deber, Colin D. Howell, Stephen J. Kunitz, Desmond Morton, Eugene Vayda, Samuel Wolfe, and Judith Young.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Special Acknowledgment""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Medical Science and Social Criticism: Alexander Peter Reid and the Ideological Origins of the Welfare State in Canada""; ""Military Medicine and State Medicine: Historical Notes on the Canadian Army Medical Corps in the First World War 1914�1919""; ""The Development of Neuropsychiatry in the Canadian Army (Overseas) 1939�1943""; """"A Necessary Nuisance"": Social Class and Parental Visiting Rights at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children 1930�1970""

""Socialism and Social Insurance in the United States and Canada""""The Canadian Health-Care System: A Developmental Overview""; ""Making Canada Safe for Sex: Government and the Problem of Sexually Transmitted Disease in the Twentieth Century""; ""Equity and Health Care""; ""Contributors""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-85610-3

9786612856105

0-7735-6359-8