Health Sciences 2200A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Health Care In Canada, Canada Health Act, Allied Health Professions
20 Jan 2017
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Session overview: brief history of canadian health care system. Need to know where this all came from, tomorrow- indigenous health: film bitter medicine (nfb) what lead to the creation of healthcare in canada. Canadian health care system: foundations of canadian health system date back centuries, 18th century: a few hospitals (charity-run) for the poor (e. g. in quebec, lower canada, others treated at home, first point of contact. Increase in number of hospitals as the country grew, as population. 19th century: more growth happening: 1820s: first medical schools set up in lower canada e. g. montreal medical. Institution turned into mcgill medical school, where physicians were trained in. 20th century: 1921 census: data showed equal split between rural and urban populations (first time, rising demands for social welfare provisions, push for care and wondering who will provide it. If you had money, you could go and get high quality care under the modern care , dependent on access to income.
