NSG 2113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Canada Health Act, Social Safety Net, Primary Healthcare
9 Feb 2017
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Social safety net: a network of national, provincial, and territorial social programs needed to protect the most vulnerable members of canadian society. Lilian wall history of public health in the usa is very similar. Provincial government responsible for: health, education, social services. Public health acts local boards to their houses) Nurses worked with poor in communities (rich would pay for people to come. Depression forward: red cross, victoria order of nurses (von) Provinces didn"t have tax base (cid:523)because of hard times for all(cid:524) 1947 tommy douglas (premier of saskatechwan, passed a bill medical. Medical care insurance act resulted in mds going on strike and mds introduced a public health insurance plan negotiated for autonomy within single payer care insurance act) Canada" diversity should be reflected in health care workforce. If increase interdisciplinary collaboration, reward it; if you want us to use information technology, provide it; if you want to focus on prevention, remunerate us for it.
