Element of Hope
Radium and the Response to Cancer in Canada, 1900-1940
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- May 2005
- Category
- Oncology
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773572706
- Publish Date
- May 2005
- List Price
- $95.00
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Description
Charles Hayter chronicles the work of Canadian provinces in establishing the cancer programs that remain the framework for modern systems. Focusing on the compromises these programs required, which anticipated later conflicts over Medicare, Hayter concludes by revealing the historical roots of current problems in cancer care.
About the author
Charles Hayter is a physician and award-winning writer based in Toronto. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and a former associate professor of radiation oncology at both Queen’s University and the University of Toronto.
