Element of Hope
Radium and the Response to Cancer in Canada, 1900-1940
1st Edition
Published on 12. May 2005
288 pages
978-0-7735-7270-6 (ISBN)
Description
Charles Hayter chronicles the work of Canadian provinces in establishing the cancer programs that remain the framework for modern systems. Focusing on the compromises these programs required, which anticipated later conflicts over Medicare, Hayter concludes by revealing the historical roots of current problems in cancer care.
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McGill-Queen's University Press
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Cancer Crisis Today
- 1 "Cures of a Very Surprising Character": Radium and the Doctor
- 2 "Adorning Our Home": Radium and the State
- 3 "To the Relief of Malignant Diseases of the Poor": Radium and the Hospital
- 4 "The Worst Scourge of Civilized Mankind": Cancer Becomes a Social Problem, 1920-30
- 5 "A Proper Spirit of Cooperation": Cancer Progress in the West
- 6 Compromising on Cancer: The Uneasy Birth of Ontario's Cancer System
- 7 Seeds of Discord: The Politics of Radon Therapy in the 1930s
- 8 Country Interlude: The Rise and Fall of the Huron Springs Sanatorium
- 9 Cancer from Sea to Sea, 1935-40: The Struggle for a National Program
- 10 Conclusion: Historical Roots of Current Problems in Cancer Control
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
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