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UNINA9910461039703321 |
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Autore |
Blishen Bernard R. |
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Doctors & doctrines : the ideology of medical care in Canada / / Bernard R. Blishen |
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[Toronto, Ontario] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1969 |
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©1969 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (216 p.) |
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Collana |
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Medical care - Canada |
Physicians - Canada |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 SOME THEORETICAL ASSUMPTIONS -- 3 MEDICAL EDUCATION -- 4 THE ORGANIZATION OF PRACTICE -- 5 THE HOSPITAL -- 6 THE SELF-GOVERNING PROFESSION -- 7 THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL CARE INSURANCE PROGRAMMES -- 8 GOVERNMENT MEDICAL CARE INSURANCE -- 9 THE FOUNDATIONS OF IDEOLOGY -- 10 THE CONTENT OF THE IDEOLOGY OF MEDICAL CARE -- 11 IDEOLOGICAL CONSENSUS -- Appendices -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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There has been controversy for several years now in Canada over the various developments in insurance for medical care. The Canadian Medical Association is of course concerned with protecting the profession as well as the public: those who believe in a government-sponsored medicare plan claim that the medical profession's reaction is based on self-interest. The debate was intensified by the 1962 medicare dispute in Saskatchewan, the publication in 1964 of the first two volumes of the Report of the Royal Commission on Health Services, and the more recent disagreement between the federal and provincial governments over the issue. Professor Blishen here examines the position of the medical profession in this debate as part of an ideological reaction to a rapidly changing society. The growth of |
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