Public health and welfare reorganization : the postwar problem in the Canadian provinces
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Cassidy, Harry M. (Harry Morris), 1900-1951
issued: 2019-08-16
issued: [1945]
description: "Bibliography: p.458-459. Includes a large section on B.C."-- Edwards, M. H., Lort, J. C. R., & Carmichael, W. J. (1975). A bibliography of British Columbia: Years of growth, 1900-1950. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 67.
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extent: xi, 464 pages : charts, tables ; 21 cm
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note: Public Health and Welfare Reorganization Public Health and Welfare Reorganization THE POSTWAR PROBLEM IN THE CANADIAN PROVINCES HARRY M. CASSIDY, Ph.D. Toronto THE RYERSON PRESS To HON. GEORGE M. WEIR AND OTHER FORMER ASSOCIATES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY, BRITISH COLUMBIA Pioneers in Public Health and Welfare Preface Jlhis is a sequel to Social Security and Reconstruction in Canada, published in February of 1943 by The Ryerson Press. I had set out, in the summer of 1942, to write the present book. But as the work progressed it became clear that the general premises regarding social security policy in the postwar period, which were essential for an inquiry into the reorganization of the provincial and local services, required far more attention than could be given in two or three introductory chapters, as originally contemplated. The result was that the section on major premises emerged as an independent book and that this volume, the main undertaking, has been much delayed. The premises of social security policy on which this study is based are stated briefly in Chapter I, and the reader is referred to the preceding book for more adequate treatment of the subject. In the preface to Social Security and Reconstruction in Canada, I said: Thus far the administration of the Canadian social services has been generally undistinguished and frequently incompetent, yet the subject has been given very little serious thought by expert students, by politicians, or by the general public. Unless heroic efforts are i viii Preface made to build up efficient administrative machinery throughout the country there is small chance of a great national programme of social security in Canada realizing its objective. This statement suggests the purpose of the present book. It is to analyse the problem of reorganizing and developing the provincial and local health and welfare services so as to fit them into a national plan of social security. The major emphasis is placed u…
note: Includes index Other copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3183813
has type: Books
identifier: HD7130 .C22
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0380461
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Toronto : The Ryerson press
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. I.K. Barber Library. HD7130 .C22
subject: Social security--Canada
subject: Public health--Canada
subject: Public welfare--Canada
type: Text