Separate Beds : A History of Indian Hospitals in Canada, 1920s-1980s /

Separate Beds is the shocking story of Canada's system of segregated health care. Operated by the same bureaucracy that was expanding health care opportunities for most Canadians, the "Indian Hospitals" were underfunded, understaffed, overcrowded, and rife with coercion and medical ex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lux, Maureen K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
Temas:
Discrimination in medical care > Canada > History > 20th century.
Indians of North America > Hospital care > Canada > History > 20th century.
Indians, Treatment of > Canada.
Medical policy > Canada > History > 20th century.
MEDICAL / History.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One.Making Indian Hospitals
  • Chapter Two.Neither Law Nor Treaty
  • Chapter Three.Everyone In Their Place: Labour In The Indian Hospitals
  • Chapter Four.Life And Death In An Indian Hospital
  • Chapter Five.Getting Out Of The Hospital Business
  • Chapter Six ."The Government'S Eyes Were Opened": The Treaty Right To Health Care
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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