L'organisation de la lutte contre le cancer au Canada (1914-1950) / Charles Hayter

D'une médecine privée à un problème de santé publique : l'organisation de la lutte contre le cancer au Canada (1914-1950) - From Private Practice to Public Problem: the Organization of Cancer Control in Canada (1900-1950) / Charles Hayter. Dans Histoire du cancer (1750-1950),colloque international organisé par le laboratoire FRAMESPA (université Toulouse II-Le Mirail),l'Institut Claudius Regaud et le Centre d'Études d'Histoire de la Médecine. Toulouse : Université Toulouse II-Le Mirail,Institut Claudius Regaud,20-22 janvier 2011. Thématique 3 : Institutionnalisation de la lutte contre le cancer (1914-1950),22 janvier 2011.In Canada,as in other western countries,cancer treatment was increasingly institutionalized in the early decades of the twentieth century. A disease formerly treated close to patients' homes became a condition necessitating admission to a specialized treatment facility -a ?cancer clinic. The factors that led to institutionalization included the emergence of radiotherapy,the increasing authority of medical specialists,and the idea of cancer as a public health problem. By the late 1930s,nearly all provinces had some form of cancer control program which varied from radium departments in general hospitals to full-fledged programs such as Saskatchewan's Cancer Commission. Despite these ventures,statistics consistently showed that the new cancer clinics claimed authority over less than 50% of incident cases. This paper will explore the factors which led to this inadequacy: chiefly,an over-emphasis on geographic centralization,and the resistance of a fiercely independent medical profession. Although their voices were seldom heard,it is likely as well that patients themselves were fearful of these new and less personal venues for care.> [La communication en anglais de M. Charles Hayter est traduite en simultané en français par Madame Solange Hibbs,directrice du Centre de Traduction,d'Interprétation et de Médiation linguistique (CETIM) de l'Université Toulouse II-Le Mirail].

Disciplines : Histoire, géographie, biographies (Médecine),Santé publique et sujets connexes. Médecine préventive,Cancer
Mots-clés : cancer (thérapeutique),centres de lutte contre le cancer (Canada),lutte contre le cancer (1930-1940),politique sanitaire (centralisation),services de cancérologie (Canada)
Type de document : image en mouvement
Type de ressource : lecture
Niveau : higher education
Auteurs ou éditeurs : Charles HAYTER,Université Toulouse II-Le Mirail SCPAM,Samir BOUHARAOUA