Steps On The Road To Medicare : Why Saskatchewan Led The Way

Houston, C. Stuart

Montreal , 2002

By McGill-Queens University Press
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Details

Hard cover, dj, 176 pages, 5.5x8.75 in [14.5x22.5 cm], B&W photos.

Condition

Covers lightly rubbed, else is like new.

Notes

This book traces Saskatchewan’s pioneering role in publicly funded health care from 1915 to 1962. Stuart Houston highlights key firsts—including municipal doctors, universal TB treatment, and North America’s first comprehensive health plan under Tommy Douglas. He credits visionary leaders and a cooperative population for the province’s leadership in innovations like cancer treatment, psychiatry, and hospital insurance, arguing that government responsiveness to public need was central to these advances.
ISBN

9780773523661
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