Foreign practices : immigrant doctors and the history of Canadian medicare /

"When the CBC organized a national contest to identify the greatest Canadian of all time, few were surprised when the father of Medicare, Tommy Douglas, won by a large margin: Medicare is central to Canadian identity. Yet focusing on Douglas and his fight for social justice obscures other impor...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Mullally, Sasha (Author), Wright, David, 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago: McGill-Queen's University Press, [2020]
Series:McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 55.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Physicians, Foreign > Canada > History > 20th century.
Physicians > Canada > History > 20th century.
Immigrants > Canada > History > 20th century.
Medical care > Canada > History > 20th century.
Foreign Medical Graduates > history
Physicians > history
Emigrants and Immigrants > history
Delivery of Health Care > history
Médecins étrangers > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecins > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
MEDICAL / History
Immigrants
Medical care
Physicians
Physicians, Foreign
Canada
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Medical Practice in Postwar Canada
  • Commonwealth Connections
  • Medical Manpower
  • The Points System
  • Medical Diasporas
  • The Brain Drain
  • Satisfying Rural Health Needs
  • Doctors for the New North and Old Industry
  • Too Many Doctors.

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