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Making Medicare

New Perspectives on the History of Medicare in Canada

by (author) Gregory Marchildon

Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Initial publish date
Dec 2012
Category
Health Care Issues, General, General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781442645356
    Publish Date
    Dec 2012
    List Price
    $70.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781442613454
    Publish Date
    Nov 2012
    List Price
    $56.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442662421
    Publish Date
    Nov 2012
    List Price
    $46.95

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Description

The Canadian health care system is so indisputably tied to our national identity that its founder, Tommy Douglas, was voted the greatest Canadian of all time in a CBC television contest. However, very little has been written to date on how Medicare as we know it was developed and implemented. This collection fills a serious gap in the existing literature by providing a comprehensive policy history of Medicare in Canada.

Making Medicare features explorations of the experiments that predated the federal government’s decision to implement the Saskatchewan health care model, from Newfoundland’s cottage hospital system to Bennettcare in British Columbia. It also includes essays by key individuals (including health practitioners and two premiers) who played a role in the implementation of Medicare and the landmark Royal Commission on Health Services. Along with political scientists, policy specialists, medical historians, and health practitioners, this collection will appeal to anyone interested in the history and legacy of one of Canada’s most visible and centrally important institutions.

About the author

Gregory P. Marchildon is a Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Economic History at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina. He was executive director of the Royal Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada (the Romanow Commission). His most recent books include Health Systems in Transition: Canada (2013) and Nunavut: A Health System Profile (2013).

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