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OverviewSeparate Beds is the shocking story of Canada's system of segregated health care. Operated by the same bureaucracy that was expanding health care opportunities for most Canadians, the ""Indian Hospitals"" were underfunded, understaffed, overcrowded, and rife with coercion and medical experimentation. Established to keep the Aboriginal tuberculosis population isolated, they became a means of ensuring that other Canadians need not share access to modern hospitals with Aboriginal patients. Tracing the history of the system from its fragmentary origins to its gradual collapse, Maureen K. Lux describes the arbitrary and contradictory policies that governed the ""Indian Hospitals,"" the experiences of patients and staff, and the vital grassroots activism that pressed the federal government to acknowledge its treaty obligations. A disturbing look at the dark side of the liberal welfare state, Separate Beds reveals a history of racism and negligence in health care for Canada's First Nations that should never be forgotten. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Maureen K. Lux , Thomas J. BossertPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.420kg ISBN: 9781442613867ISBN 10: 1442613866 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 14 March 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsChapter One: Making Indian Hospitals Chapter Two: Neither Law nor Treaty Chapter Three: Everyone in Their Place: Labour in the Indian Hospitals Chapter Four: Life and Death in an Indian Hospital Chapter Five: Getting out of the Hospital Business Chapter Six: “The Government’s eyes were opened”: The Treaty Right to Health CareReviews""In painstaking research and matter-of-fact reportage, Associate Professor Lux of Brock University documents Canadian apartheid. Separate Beds: A History of Indian Hospitals In Canada is a riveting and extraordinary account of mistreatment of citizens."" -- Tom Korski * Blacklocks Reporter, Saturday, June 4, 2016 * ‘Lux’s detailed account will surely be of interest to scholars of Aboriginal history and health care as well as to the people interested in the development of Indian hospitals in Canada.’ -- Joanne DeCosse * Canada’s History October-November 2016 * ‘This is a must read for anyone interested in the history of Canadian Healthcare, Aboriginal health and treaty rights.’ -- Velvet Maud * The Canadian Journal of Native Studies vol 36:02:2016 * ‘separate Beds is an important book. It tells a story not well known by Canadians, or even Canadian historians…. Lux’s book is a useful contribution to the history of colonialism in Canada.’ -- Alison Norman * Canadian Historical Review vol 98:03:2017 * ‘Lux has written a must-read book for scholars of history, political science, and public policy.’ -- Shay Sweeney * Canadian Journal of Political Science vol 50:04:2017 * ‘It is a text best read in small doses to digest and internalize… Separate Beds is a compelling book that should be read widely to foster understanding of our shared histories.’ -- Cheryl Susan McWatters * Canadian Journal of History - vol 53:01:2018 * ""Lux has delivered a book that captures the life and failures of Indian hospitals. For all those working in health care, this is a must read."" -- Yvonne Boyer, University of Ottawa * University of Toronto Quarterly, vol 87 3, Summer 2018 * 'Lux's detailed account will surely be of interest to scholars of Aboriginal history and health care as well as to the people interested in the development of Indian hospitals in Canada.' -- Joanne DeCosse Canada's History October-November 2016 In painstaking research and matter-of-fact reportage, Associate Professor Lux of Brock University documents Canadian apartheid. Separate Beds: A History of Indian Hospitals In Canada is a riveting and extraordinary account of mistreatment of citizens. -- Tom Korski Blacklocks Reporter, Saturday, June 4, 2016 In painstaking research and matter-of-fact reportage, Associate Professor Lux of Brock University documents Canadian apartheid. Separate Beds: A History of Indian Hospitals In Canada is a riveting and extraordinary account of mistreatment of citizens. -- Tom Korski Blacklocks Reporter, Saturday, June 4, 2016 Author InformationMaureen K. Lux is an associate professor in the Department of History at Brock University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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