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what is the BNA act?

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british north america act, was later called the constitution

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what did the BNA act do?

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separated the provincial and federal areas of law, giving more power to the provinces (ex: healthcare)

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what were the federal responsibilities under the BNA act?

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indigenous health, contagious diseases, pharm and food safety

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what is Pharmaceutical and Food Safety called now?

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Health Canada

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what were the provincial responsibilities under the BNA act?

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public health, hospitals, mental health facilities, health education

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what was the insanity act? what is it called now?

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rights involving mental health facilities, now called the Mental Health Act

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what is the Islamic root of asylums?

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a retreat from society, valued early intervnetion

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how did european asylums differ from islamic asylums?

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europeans adopted the idea and put their own religious twist on them, they were built on demonic possession and sin

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who cared for those with mental health struggles?

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family, those who had no family were institutionalized

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what was the first mental health hospital?

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in London England, Bethlehem Royal Hospital

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who was Philippe Pinel? what did he do?

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began more humane treatment of mental health (removing chains), began social and psychological approaches, began moral therapy

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why did moral therapy lack success?

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because hospitals were overcrowded and pts needs were not being met

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who is Dorthea Dix? what did she do?

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an advocate for humane treatment for patients, met with the pope, infiltrated change in mental health facilities

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what kind of radical mental health therapies emerged?

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leeching, spinning, ETC (electroconvulsive shock therapy), hydrotherapy, insulin shock treatment, lobotomies

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what was the effect of a lobotomy?

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flat expression, not much going on, the frontal lobe was severed… unable to complete basic life needs

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what was the effect of ETC? what is it used to treat today?

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memory loss, and sleeping for days on end

much smaller amount is used to treat depression today

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what changes occurred in the 1950s in mental health hospitals?

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the use of psychotropic drugs

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what did the use of psychotropic drugs lead to?

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deinstitutionalization

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what did deinstitutionalization lead to?

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a decrease in pts in the hospital, a shift to a more humane way of treating pts that was less expensive and community based

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why was deinstitutionalization not as successful as it was thought?

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because there was a limited amount of resources, led to social isolation, stigmatization, and exclusion from the workforce, poverty

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what did healthcare look like for the upper class?

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at home dr visits, avoided hospitals

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what did healthcare look like for the lower class?

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religious organizations/charities funded, but visited hospitals, family provided care

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what did the Order of St John do? what is the name of the organization now?

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first aid and disaster relief, now known as St Johns Ambulance

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what did the Canadian Red Cross do?

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home care, outpost hospitals

25
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what did the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) do?

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needs of women and children

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what did the Children’s First Aid Society do?

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provide food and shelter for disadvantaged children

27
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what did the Canadian Mental Health Association do?

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voluntary mental health organization

28
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what are the 4 sacred medicines?

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tobacco, cedar, sage, sweetgrass

29
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who provided care traditionally to indigenous peoples?

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shamans, medicine men/women

30
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what was the indigenous philosophy with healing?

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connection with mother earth, harmony with spiritual and nature elements

31
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what changed with healthcare treatment after the world wars?

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triage, an advancement in plastics (reconstruction), anesthesia, bloodbanks, xrays, oximitry, penicillin

32
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who invented/found penicillin?

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Alexander Flemming

33
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what canadian medical discoveries came after the wars?

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insulin, tx for breast cancer (mastectomy), stem cells

34
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what is the Social Safety net?

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welfare

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what is welfare?

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assistance granted to aid in the financial stress of the Great Depression

36
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what changed after the Great Depression with welfare (the Social Safety Net)?

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citizens were entitled to a standard of living

37
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what is Canadian life prior to Medicare similar to?

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the American medical system
privately delivered, drs weren’t getting paid, financial ruin… lots of ppl suffered bc they couldnt pay for it

38
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who is Tommy Douglas?

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leader of the 1st socialist party of North America, he saw healthcare as a basic human right, and introduced government insurance, premier of Saskatchewan

39
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what is socialism?

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a system where everyone takes care of everyone

40
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what was Tommy Douglas’s goal?

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to remove money as a barrier to healthcare

41
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what was the Municipal and Hospital Services Plan?

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a political plan to guarantee residents of Saskatchewan care based on insurance premiums

42
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what did the Health Insurance Diagnostics Service Act state?

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all residents were entitled to health care services

43
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what prime minister introduced hospital insurance? what was this insurance plan?

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John Deifenbaker, helped with 50 cents on the dollar

44
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what is the medicare act?

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a plan where each province proposed a plan and ran it by the federal gvmt

5 pillars of health must be met

45
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what were the 5 pillars of healthcare?

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universality
portability
comprehensive
public administration
accessibility

46
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what is universality? (5 pillars)

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everyone is entitled to healthcare

47
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what is portability? (5 pillars)

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health coverage comes with you when leave the province for a period of time

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what is comprehensive? (5 pillars)

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all services provided if needed for health

49
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what is public administration? (5 pillars)

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not run for profit

50
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what is accessibility? (5 pillars)

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all insured people are guaranteed reasonable access to insurance

51
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what does medicare cover?

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hospital costs and medically necessary interventions

52
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what happened in the 1970s?

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healthcare flourished, health spending increased

53
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what was the result of healthcare flourishing and increased healthcare spending?

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Federal Provincial Fiscal Arrangements and Established Programs Financing Act

54
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what is the Programs Financing Act?

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funding relocated to community services, longterm care ambulatory care, and home care

55
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what did the Healthcare Reform do?

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included hospital cutbacks, provinces paid more, extra billing, user fees, services were D-listed

56
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why did the Healthcare Reform contradict medicare? (1970s-1980s)

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bc Tommy Douglas’s idea was that you cant have money be a barrier to healthcare

57
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what was the Healthcare Reform? (1990s)

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liberals reduced funding to provinces, hospitals had trouble functioning and reduced budgets, lead to downsizing and cutbacks, lots of drs and nurses left the country

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