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Discusses factors that played into government policy of removal and relocation of patients to southern hospitals: logistics of program delivery to remote communities, division of responsibility between Arctic Services Division and the Department of Health and Welfare, private sector involvement in northern-policy making, and politicians lack of commitment to the North.
Case studies of five sets of negotiations: federal self-government, federal health care transfer, Aboriginal Fishing Strategy, bilateral processes with British Columbia, and with third party stakeholders. Each analyzed in terms of will, policy coherence, mandate, and process.
Research Program of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Benita Cohen
Description
Discusses the community's experience with controlling health care delivery beginning with administration of its health centre in 1980 and during the three-year period after signing a health transfer agreement with the federal government.