LEADER 03902nam 2200673 450 001 9910809504203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7735-8958-9 010 $a0-7735-4286-8 010 $a0-7735-8957-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773589575 035 $a(CKB)2550000001163302 035 $a(EBL)3332653 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001119740 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12483150 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001119740 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11149831 035 $a(PQKB)11028425 035 $a(CEL)446126 035 $a(OCoLC)868487935 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00233778 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3332653 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10812468 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL545440 035 $a(OCoLC)923239228 035 $a(DE-B1597)656523 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773589575 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/tjg489 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3332653 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001163302 100 $a20131211h20132013 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$a36 steps on the road to medicare $ehow Saskatchewan led the way /$fC. Stuart Houston and Merle Massie 210 1$aMontreal :$cMcGill-Queen's University Press,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (217 p.) 311 $a0-7735-4285-X 311 $a1-306-14189-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aSaskatchewan Hospitals: Off to a Slow Start -- Dr Seymour and Public Health -- Municipal Doctors and Municipal Hospitals -- Dr Ferguson and Tuberculosis -- Sigerist and Pensioners' Care -- Swift Current Health Region -- Medical College and University Hospital -- Provincewide Hospitalization -- Innovations in Psychiatry -- High-voltage Cancer Treatment. 330 $aThe co-operative spirit of citizens in twentieth-century Saskatchewan nurtured innovation in health care and health policy. 36 Steps on the Road to Medicare showcases the decisions that led to the province's medicare system - the forerunner of Canadian health care. Stuart Houston and Merle Massie document the range of Saskatchewan leadership on Canadian, North American, and world stages: municipal doctors and municipal hospitals, the first Red Cross Outpost Hospital in the British Empire, tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment, a successful pilot comprehensive regional health care plan, government-sponsored cancer clinics, innovative LSD and patient-oriented treatment for psychoses, the first full-time cancer physicist in Canada, and the world's first concerted clinical use of the betatron and Cobalt-60 in cancer treatment. They show how North America's first social-democratic government, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation - elected in 1944 and led by the incomparable Tommy Douglas - created the blueprint for comprehensive health care and how sequential steps on the road to medicare were implemented quickly and within budget. When federal support for national hospitalization became available, Saskatchewan could afford to initiate medicare in 1962. Other Canadian provinces soon followed Saskatchewan's lead. Updated to engage with current debates, 36 Steps on the Road to Medicare navigates the history of medicare and demonstrates the spirit of innovation that Canada will need to save it. 606 $aNational health insurance$zSaskatchewan$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMedical policy$zSaskatchewan$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aNational health insurance$xHistory 615 0$aMedical policy$xHistory 676 $a368.4/20097124 700 $aHouston$b C. Stuart$01464668 701 $aMassie$b Merle$01670583 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809504203321 996 $a36 steps on the road to medicare$94032532 997 $aUNINA