NSE 31A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Canada Health Act, Canadian Nurses Association, Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion
25 Sep 2016
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Chapter 2: financing, policy, and politics of healthcare delivery. In 1832, the first quarantine station, known as grosse isle, was established in an attempt to assess all newcomers (between the 16th and 18th century) and isolate those arriving with communicable diseases such as cholera and typhus. The realization that individuals and communities could do something to stop the spread of disease ad benefit from early detection was known as sanitary idea. Canada currently has a national, universal health insurance program, with the first policy implemented at the provincial level. When the medicare debate started, necessary healthcare focused on hospitals and doctors. Today, the practice of healthcare has evolved to specialists, and more care is delivered i homes, communities, and through a wide array of healthcare providers. A paradigm shift to prevention, promotion, and the social determinants of health. An acknowledgement of the limitations of the primacy of the funded medical/ treatment system was the.
