Element of Hope: Radium and the Response to Cancer in Canada, 1900-1940

· McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society Book 22 · McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
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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.

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Charles Hayter is associate professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, and a radiation oncologist at Toronto-Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre.

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