HLST 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Health Care In Canada, Health Care In The United States, Frank Rattray Lillie
25 Feb 2015
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Who is tommy douglas: father of medicare and named the greatest canadian of all time. History of health care in north america: begins with the informal healing traditions that emerged in the pre-colonial and colonial periods and dominated until the 19th century (hardly anyone visited the doctor until the. British north american act (1867: shaped the constitutional framework of the canadian federation. It reflected experiences with diseases and the relative unimportance of medicine: created structures of the canadian government that reflected both immediacy of health hazards posed by infections and the state of health knowledge. Prior to confederation: canadians regularly confronted infections and epidemic diseases that had huge social and economic costs, tuberculosis decimated native populations- disrupted trade, killed young productive citizens, many ascribed these diseases to filth and decay rather than germs. Modern/ allopathic biomedicine: came into dominance during the late 19th century, changed the structure and delivery of health care.
