Private Practice, Public Payment: Canadian Medicine and the Politics of Health Insurance 1911 1966 - Brossura

Naylor, David

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0773505687 ISBN 13: 9780773505681

Casa editrice: McGill Queens Univ, 1986

Riassunto

Naylor's particular concern is with the nature and extent of the medical profession's opposition at both the provincial and federal levels. He details various developments in medical politics and policies, including the dispute over state health insurance plans in British Columbia during the depression, the national health insurance program drafted by the King government, the doctors' strike in Saskatchewan, and the development and eventual governmental rejections of prepayment plans sponsored by organized medicine. The author concludes that physicians regarded medical insurance schemes over which they had little administrative control, or where coverage was not limited to the indigent or to those earning below a modest wage, as threats to professional incomes and autonomy. His analysis of the evolution of the professional perspectives, policies, and pressure group activities suggests that physicians are as likely to act in their own economic and social interest as any other group, and that they oppose legislation that would threaten these interests while supporting laws that strengthen them. Since the Medical Care Act became law, Ottawa has moved to strengthen health care plans in the provinces, and once again the medical profession has resisted. The final chapter in Naylor's book puts these current conflicts in historical perspective by linking them to their political precedents.

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Book by C David Naylor

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• Editore: McGill Queens Univ
• Data di pubblicazione: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0773505687
• ISBN 13: 9780773505681
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320