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Alternatives? Financial pressures are forcing Canadian governments to evaluate our health care philiosophy - where patients visit doctors and hospitas(...)
Alternatives? Financial pressures are forcing Canadian governments to evaluate our health care philiosophy - where patients visit doctors and hospitas(...)

Alternatives? Financial pressures are forcing Canadian governments to evaluate our health care philiosophy - where patients visit doctors and hospitas(...)

Date6/15/1983
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Original Toronto Star caption: Alternatives? Financial pressures are forcing Canadian governments to evaluate our health care philiosophy - where patients visit doctors and hospitas, such as Toronto Western, above, only after they are sick - and consider more cost-effective alternatives such as Health Maintenance Organizations.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0113423F
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Sonya Taylor, a patient, smiles as Nurse Victoria Hospital Fabella wheels her along, but says its frightening that Doctors Hospital is to close
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Man, above, adds his name to a petition protesting the closing of Doctors Hospital by Ontario Health Minister Frank Miller. Readers, in letters at lef(...)
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Sandy Robinson inspects a freshly formed child's helmet at the Hugh MacMillian Medical Centre, where more than 2,000 patients a year are fitted with artificial limbs, braces and protective head gear
Sandy Robinson inspects a freshly formed child's helmet at the Hugh MacMillian Medical Centre, where more than 2,000 patients a year are fitted with artificial limbs, braces and protective head gear
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Big cheer for their 'reborn' hospital is given by some of the staff members at Doctors Hospital yesterday after they learned the provincial government(...)
Big cheer for their 'reborn' hospital is given by some of the staff members at Doctors Hospital yesterday after they learned the provincial government(...)
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Hyperbaric chamber simulates underwater air-pressure so doctors can treat divers who suffer from the bends -- too rapid decompression. Patients with o(...)
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Patient's Best Friend, Sheepdog Katie has the right bedside manner with patient Peter Isert at Memorial Hospital in Bowmanville yesterday
Patient's Best Friend, Sheepdog Katie has the right bedside manner with patient Peter Isert at Memorial Hospital in Bowmanville yesterday
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My friend, Fluffy: I love this cat, says Sunnybrook Medical Centre patient John Brisbois, who was part of a hospital experiment that welcomes pets as therapy for older patients
My friend, Fluffy: I love this cat, says Sunnybrook Medical Centre patient John Brisbois, who was part of a hospital experiment that welcomes pets as therapy for older patients
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Intern Uldis Bite acts as patient while nurses Mila Lee, left, and Glenda Mulder check heartbeat and blood pressure on TV monitor
Intern Uldis Bite acts as patient while nurses Mila Lee, left, and Glenda Mulder check heartbeat and blood pressure on TV monitor
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New addition to Scarborough General Hospital, this 11-storey circular tower will double hospital capacity to 656 patients
New addition to Scarborough General Hospital, this 11-storey circular tower will double hospital capacity to 656 patients
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