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J. Wendell MacleodSaskatchewan's Red Dean |
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A revealing biography of one of the architects of medical education in Canada.
Popularly known as Saskatchewan's Red Dean because of his progressive views and strong support of Canada's first medicare plan, J. Wendell Macleod (1905-2001) was a charismatic pioneer in social medicine and medical education. Louis Horlick mines Macleod's diaries, which span seventy-five years, in a vivid biography that also depicts the social and political complexities of health care in Canada in the twentieth century.
Macleod was an ardent believer in the social principles of health care. His early awareness of the economic chasm that separated rich from poor provided the focal point of his career as first dean of medicine at the University of Saskatchewan - he taught that understanding the social, economic, and political world in which people lived was critical to good medical education and practice and made it the core of the curriculum.
J. Wendell Macleod offers a revealing portrait of an early advocate of universal health care who passionately advanced his social agenda in his profession and practice. Macleod was appointed an officer of the Order of Canada in 1980.
Macleod was an ardent believer in the social principles of health care. His early awareness of the economic chasm that separated rich from poor provided the focal point of his career as first dean of medicine at the University of Saskatchewan - he taught that understanding the social, economic, and political world in which people lived was critical to good medical education and practice and made it the core of the curriculum.
J. Wendell Macleod offers a revealing portrait of an early advocate of universal health care who passionately advanced his social agenda in his profession and practice. Macleod was appointed an officer of the Order of Canada in 1980.
Details
Part of the McGill-Queen’s/AMS Healthcare Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society (number 29 in series)
222 Pages, 6 x 9
b&w photographs
ISBN 9780773532311
May 2007
Formats: Cloth, eBook
"Making good use of his remarkable diaries, this book presents the life of a brave and admirable man complete with warts." Robert Spasoff, epidemiology and community medicine, University of Ottawa
Louis Horlick is professor emeritus, medicine, University of Saskatchewan, and the author of Medical College to Community Resource: Saskatchewan's Medical School, 1978-1998 and They Built Better Than They Knew: Saskatchewan's Royal University Hospital, A History, 1955-1992. He is an officer of the Order of Canada.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
List of Abbreviations xiii
Introduction: An Extraordinary Life / 3
1 The Early Years, 1905-1934 / 6
2 The Montreal Years, 1934-1941 / 20
3 The Halifax Years, 1941-1945 / 25
4 The Winnipeg Years, 1945-1952 / 34
5 The Saskatoon Years, 1952-1962 / 42
6 The acmc Years, 1962-1970 / 68
7 The Milbank Memorial Fund, 1962-1971, and the Haiti Experience, 1971-1972 / 82
8 The Last Years, 1972-2001 / 89
9 The Bethune Legacy / 107
10 Macleod and Helen / 122
11 Macleod and Jola / 127
Afterword Macleod the Man / 133
APPENDICES
1 Early Publications of J. Wendell Macleod Relating to a Curriculum for the New College of Medicine / 143
2 Plans for a Medical College and a Progress Report, 1952-60 / 155
3 Curriculum Planning in Medical Education for the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, State University of Haiti / 168
4 Republic of Cuba: Health Care and Population / 173
5 The Significance of the Chinese Experience in Health Care / 176
6 China Revisited: August-September 1978 / 181
7 Wendell Macleod through the Eyes of His Contemporaries / 183
8 In Memoriam / 186
9 Publications of J. Wendell Macleod / 189
Notes / 193
Index / 203
Acknowledgments ix
List of Abbreviations xiii
Introduction: An Extraordinary Life / 3
1 The Early Years, 1905-1934 / 6
2 The Montreal Years, 1934-1941 / 20
3 The Halifax Years, 1941-1945 / 25
4 The Winnipeg Years, 1945-1952 / 34
5 The Saskatoon Years, 1952-1962 / 42
6 The acmc Years, 1962-1970 / 68
7 The Milbank Memorial Fund, 1962-1971, and the Haiti Experience, 1971-1972 / 82
8 The Last Years, 1972-2001 / 89
9 The Bethune Legacy / 107
10 Macleod and Helen / 122
11 Macleod and Jola / 127
Afterword Macleod the Man / 133
APPENDICES
1 Early Publications of J. Wendell Macleod Relating to a Curriculum for the New College of Medicine / 143
2 Plans for a Medical College and a Progress Report, 1952-60 / 155
3 Curriculum Planning in Medical Education for the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, State University of Haiti / 168
4 Republic of Cuba: Health Care and Population / 173
5 The Significance of the Chinese Experience in Health Care / 176
6 China Revisited: August-September 1978 / 181
7 Wendell Macleod through the Eyes of His Contemporaries / 183
8 In Memoriam / 186
9 Publications of J. Wendell Macleod / 189
Notes / 193
Index / 203
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