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Subject(s)

• Hospital closures—Canada [Browse]
• Medical care—Canada [Browse]
• Hospital closures—Canada—Case studies [Browse]
• Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Montreal, Quebec) [Browse]

Series

McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society Who killed the Queen?

Summary note

Using the dramatic and entertaining 100-year history of the Queen Elizabeth as a base, Who Killed the Queen? investigates Canada's mass closures of hospitals and hospital beds between 1994 and 1998. The book shows that the resulting 20% loss of beds - a figure unparalleled in the history of any other industrialized country - continues to affect hospital and health care in every province. Holly Dressel offers strong evidence as to who and what was responsible for the closures and also provides well-supported, international assessments of the current quality of the Canadian health care system, arguing that it can not only be saved but strengthened.

Notes

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical refererences and index.

Language note

English

Contents

• Front Matter
• Contents
• Introduction
• Acknowledgments
• Serving the Queen
• Growing a Culture
• Family Medicine
• Medical Bills
• The Queen Must Die
• Social Pathologies
• Long Live the Queen
• Afterword
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

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ISBN

• 9786612864551
• 9780773578654
• 077357865X
• 9781282864559
• 1282864556
• 9780773574656
• 0773574654

Doi

• 10.1515/9780773574656

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