Title: Survival strategies : the life, death and renaissance of a Canadian teaching hospital /
Authors: Goyette, David, 1950-; Magill, Dennis W.; Denis, Jeff, 1980-
Publisher: Canadian Scholars' Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Wellesley Central Hospital.; Wellesley Hospital.; Wellesley Hospital History.; Wellesley Central Hospital History.; Wellesley Hospital.; Wellesley Central Hospital.; Hospital Restructuring; Hospitals, Teaching; Hospital Restructuring history; History, 20th Century; Hospitals, Teaching history; Hospital closures Ontario Toronto History.; Ontario; Ontario
Abstract: "Survival Strategies: The Life, Death and Renaissance of a Canadian Teaching Hospital documents an organization's struggle to survive over a period of 87 years. After illustrating its place in the Canadian health care system, the authors in this edited volume examine the Wellesley Hospital's unique, community-focused transformation in the early 1990s. They then detail the Wellesley Central merger of 1995, the attempted alliance with Women's College Hospital, the public protest and legal campaigns to stave off closure by the Ontario Health Services Restructuring Commission, the bitter negotiations with and transfer of services to St. Michael's Hospital and the establishment of the Wellesley Central Health Corporation - a new champion for urban health in Toronto. The book is of interest not only to scholars and practitioners of organizational change and decision making, but also to historians, health lawyers, policy makers and anyone who cares about the future of health care in Canada and the health of urban communities."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Ch. 1. Rethinking and re-balancing : the changing role of hospitals in the Canadian health care system / Raisa Deber -- Ch. 2. An historic overview of the Wellesley Central Hospital / David Goyette -- Ch. 3. Transforming a teaching hospital : strategic change and the emergence of the urban health initiative at the Wellesley Hospital, 1989-1995 / Jeff Denis -- Ch. 4. Playing the game : the marriage of Wellesley and Central Hospitals and the attempted alliance with Women's College Hospital, 1995-1997 / Dean M. Behrens and Jeff Denis -- Ch. 5. Fighting the fight : the birth of the Wellesley Central Hospital's staying alive campaign, 1997 / Dean M. Behrens and Jeff Denis -- Ch. 6. Descent to dissent : the final days of the Wellesley Central Hospital 1997-1998 / Dean M. Behrens and Jeff Denis -- Ch. 7. Limits to the law : challenging the health services restructuring commission in court / Joan M. Gilmour -- Ch. 8. Conspiracy theories : why was the Wellesley Central Hospital really closed? / Jeff Denis -- Ch. 9. From health care provider to urban health catalyst : the renaissance of Wellesley Central / David Goyette, Jeff Denis, J. Richard Blickstead and Dennis Magill.