Download or read book Doctor Olds of Twillingate written by Gary L. Saunders and published by Breakwater Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engrossing story of a bright John Hopkins graduate who fell in love with Newfoundland as a student, and who stayed to become the medical care system in north-easte Newfoundland for forty years. Crusty, caring and unconventional, Dr. Olds' skill and devotion made him such a folk hero that Newfoundland declared a province-wide Doctor Olds Day. Asked why he came to Twillingate for one year and stayed for forty. Newfoundland's Connecticut Yankee tersely replied, Because I liked it.
Download or read book From the Voices of Nurses written by Marilyn Beaton and published by Breakwater Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-three nurses who graduated before 1950 were interviewed about nursing in communities throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. Their nursing experiences cover a 60 year period and the stories reflect the nurses' perceptions and feelings about the nursing school experience, practicing nursing in various settings and communities, and the changes in the nursing profession throughout their career. The stories also give insight into the commitment and strength of a generation of nurses.
Download or read book Making Medicare written by Gregory P. Marchildon and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection fills a serious gap in the existing literature by providing a comprehensive policy history of Medicare in Canada.
Download or read book The Grenfell Medical Mission written by Jennifer J. Connor and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2019-01-30 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr Wilfred Grenfell, physician and folk hero, recruited thousands of volunteer workers for his Newfoundland and Labrador seamen's mission, many of them Americans from Ivy League institutions. As the medical mission grew to become the International Grenfell Association, establishing institutions along the Labrador and northern Newfoundland coasts, Americans also became resident staff leaders in the region, and Grenfell himself married an American, Anne MacClanahan, who led mission activities. The Grenfell Medical Mission and American Support in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1890s-1940s reveals the nature and extent of support from Americans throughout the distributed privately run social enterprise until the 1940s, before the region joined Canada. Essays explore the organization's claims to share an Anglo-Saxon heritage with the United States, American reaction to its financial scandal and creation of an incorporated association, its promotion of sport and masculinity, and the development of education and schools in the region and the mission. The organization's strong ties to the United States are exemplified by Grenfell's friendship with American physician John Harvey Kellogg; the donation of clothing from American donors; the work of one American woman on her affiliated mission unit; the impact of American philanthropy and training on the construction of the mission's main hospital in St Anthony; and the superior American-accredited health care facilities and their clinical achievements. From its corporate base in New York City, the International Grenfell Association blended contemporary social movements and adopted American notions of philanthropy. The Grenfell Medical Mission and American Support in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1890s-1940s offers the first thorough history of an iconic health and social organization in Atlantic Canada.
Download or read book Medicine in the Remote and Rural North 1800 2000 written by J T H Connor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of thirteen essays focuses on the health and treatment of the peoples of northern Europe and North America over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Download or read book Doctor When You re Sick You re Not Well written by Gary Saunders and published by Breakwater Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gary Saunders introduced us to Dr. Olds of Twillingate in his 1994 book of the same name. His latest book reveals the contents of a collection of witty sayings, which the supposedly humorless surgeon compiled during four decades of listening to his patients' fears and hopes. Olds, an American, cherished Newfoundland outport speech. These startling one-liners-OPDisms he called them-helped him survive many an anxious night on the wards. After this beloved physician died in 1985, his OPDisms began to gather dust. Saunders, by dusting them off and mounting them against the rich black cloth of outport culture, has created a unique tribute not only to Newfoundland health care workers but also to Newfoundland humor itself. No one knew better than Dr. Olds that laughter is the best medicine. Newfoundlander or no, this book will make you laugh.
Download or read book Foreign Practices written by Sasha Mullally and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2020-11-18 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the CBC organized a national contest to identify the greatest Canadian of all time, few were surprised when the father of Medicare, Tommy Douglas, won by a large margin: Medicare is central to Canadian identity. Yet focusing on Douglas and his fight for social justice obscures other important aspects of the construction of Canada's national health insurance - especially its longstanding dependence on immigrant doctors. Foreign Practices reconsiders the early history of Medicare through the stories of foreign-trained doctors who entered the country in the three decades after the Second World War. By making strategic use of oral history, analyzing contemporary medical debates, and reconstructing doctors' life histories, Sasha Mullally and David Wright demonstrate that foreign doctors arrived by the hundreds at a pivotal moment for health care services. Just as Medicare was launched, Canada began to prioritize "highly skilled manpower" when admitting newcomers, a novel policy that drew thousands of professionals from around the world. Doctors from India and Iran, Haiti and Hong Kong, and Romania and the Republic of South Africa would fundamentally transform the medical landscape of the country. Charting the fascinating history of physician immigration to Canada, and the ethical debates it provoked, Foreign Practices places the Canadian experience within a wider context of global migration after the Second World War.
Download or read book Public Expectations and Physicians Responsibilities written by John Crellin and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide for practice managers, in a question-and-answer format, explains accounting procedures and describes GMS, health authority and other sources of income. The book covers payroll, pension, personnel and complaints matters and advises on optimizing income for the practice.
Download or read book Secondary Sources in the History of Canadian Medicine written by Charles G. Roland and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2010-11-22 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume Two of this retrospective bibliography is both a continuation and an expansion of Volume One (1984). It contains references to Canadian medical-historical literature published between 1984 and 1998, and also includes much additional material published prior to 1984. Finally, it substantially enlarges the content of French-language material. Every effort has been made to be as inclusive as possible of articles, theses, book chapters and books, both in English and in French, relating to the history of medicine. No single electronic source can replace this bibliography. The contents are divided into three sections. The first is a listing of material expressly biographical. Section two lists material under a wide variety of subject headings related to medicine, and the third is a complete listing of the authors who have contributed these articles. Simply organized and easy to use, this bibliography will be of value to historians, archivists, librarians, and anyone interested in the history of medicine.
Download or read book Crossroads Country written by Malcolm MacLeod and published by Breakwater Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A native of Halifax, Malcolm MacLeod has lived in Newfoundland since the 1970s. He is a past president of the Newfoundland Historical Society and a long time member of the History Department at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Crossroads Country is a collection of life stories from people who grew up in Newfoundland before confederation. It examines the various ties that Newfoundland experienced with Canada, the United States, and Great Britain. Stories of communities and friendships, kin networks and education in Newfoundland and abroad are woven into a tapestry of Newfoundland culture of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s.
Download or read book Seldom written by Dawn Rae Downton and published by Arcade Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author recreates the lives of her mother's family in Seldom, a tiny village in a remote area of Newfoundland, populated by proud people accustomed to hardship, where one family's secrets profoundly affected all their lives.
Download or read book Free Wind Home written by Gary Saunders and published by Breakwater Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Free Wind Home carries the reader full circle through a childhood rooted in a sleepy Newfoundland outport with nineteenth century traditions, existing in a twentieth century world of war and uncertain politics. It is a visceral tale full of the tangible wonders of discovery and play, the fulfilling simplicity of nature, and the sometimes frightening shifts and changes life holds in store.
Download or read book Footpaths and fishing boats written by Audrey Starkes and published by Petra Books. This book was released on 2016-12-04 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Here is the budding consciousness of a young girl in a small Newfoundland fishing community during the final years of its prosperous isolation. As a treasured only child, she weaves diverting observations with delicate introspection to create an intriguing view of her society and herself. Wonderingly, she gradually becomes aware of the local economy and culture: the hustle and muscle of an unusually rich fishery, her matrix of relatives and religion, the annual rituals and daily rounds, the home remedies and hopeful charms. Accidents and illness make her mindful of a wider world. Education requires travel. And the gravel road snaking steadily over rocky hills will fade her birthplace into a feeding of memories. This fate she shares with many millions who have sustained similar changes.” — Dr. Harold Paddock Retired Professor of Linguistics Memorial University of Newfoundland Nippers Harbour, Nippers Harbor, Nipper's Harbour, Nipper's Harbor
Download or read book The Birth of Hollywood North written by Allan Wargon and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2017-06-28 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a man whose struggle with poverty, artistic and moral issues inadvertently starts an industry. Allan Wargon's pioneering efforts take us from the infancy of Canadian film and television to its grand unfolding. Often at odds with the holders of purse strings, and despite obstacles and deprecation, he perseveres. Following many awards, he devises and makes "Mr. Piper", Canada's first weekly colour television show, which sparks the surge of Canadian and American production that becomes Hollywood North. Much later, he writes and publishes books. From painter to film director to writer, the author’s journey is marked by a consistent refusal to compromise his vision and creative integrity. From Varley and Lismer to Paul Anka, from John Diefenbaker to Pierre Elliot Trudeau, from Lou Applebaum to Jack Warner, he works with and crosses paths with many artists, musicians and public figures. "Hollywood North" is a frank, intensely personal, sometimes gut-wrenching and always engrossing inside story.
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