Canadian health care and the state : a century of evolution /

A collection of essays that surveys recent work in the social history of Canadian health care, its modern origins, institutional influences, and state involvement. Editor Naylor states ^D["there [is] need for a full-length study of the rise of the Canadian medical profession that combines historical and sociological analysis of the phenomenon of professionalization.^D]" The same challenge applies to US health professions and the health care system. The model for such historiography is contained here, the essays covering such topics as the evolution of Canada's welfare state, the Canadian Army Medical Corps in WW I, the development of neuropsychiatry by Canadian Army physicians during WW II, socialized medicine and class distinctions, the differences between Canada and the US in terms of socialism and state health insurance, the contemporary Canadian health care system, venereal disease in Canada from 1850 to 1940, and equity and health care. The essays are interesting and informative, and provide the stimulus for further reading, analysis, and historical research. Highly recommended for medical and social historians, and health care professionals.