First and Foremost in Community Health Centres : The Centre in Sault Ste Marie and the CHC Alternatives / Jonathan Lomas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lomas, Jonathan, Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sault Sainte Marie and District Group Health Association--History.

Sault Sainte Marie and District Group Health Association.

Community health services--Ontario--Sault Sainte Marie--History.

Community health services.

Medical care--Canada--History.

Medical care.

Ontario--Sault Ste. Marie.

Canada.

Ontario.

Medical Subjects:

Ontario.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 204 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The United Steelworkers of America opened Canada's first community health centre in Sault Ste Marie in 1958. The history of that centre provides a unique view of developments in health care delivery in Ontario over the past twenty-five years.

Contents:

Cover; Preface; PART ONE THE CENTRE IN SAULT STE MARIE; 1 Sault Ste Marie; 2 Mobilization; 3 The Union as Organizer; 4 The Homestretch; 5 In Operation; 6 The Coming of Medicare; 7 A Second Beginning; 8 The Government Presence; PART TWO THE CHC ALTERNATIVE; 9 Medical Attitudes; 10 The Role of the Community; 11 The Role of Government; 12 Evaluation; 13 Is There a Best Alternative?; Epilogue; Notes; Interviews; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-[197]) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7593-9

OCLC:

1102183432