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Always inadequate: the history of hospital services in Trinidad and Tobago [abstract]
Pemberton, R.
Afiliação
  • Pemberton, R; University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. Department of History
West Indian med. j ; 50(Suppl 7): 23, Dec. 2001.
Artigo em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-76
Biblioteca responsável: JM3.1
Localização: JM3.1; R18.W4
ABSTRACT
Health related issues have played a critical role in Caribbean history. From the time of the earliest European presence, disease posed a serious challenge to life in the region. Matters worsened with the introduction of large numbers of Africans and Asians into the colonies, for the disease environment became more complicated. Western medicine was unprepared to deal with the situation. There was a lack of knowledge among the European population of many of the diseases. Thus, the provision of health care institutions was always high on the agenda of the European colonizers. However, the provision of these services was affected by a number of factors, not the least of which was the perception that some races were less vulnerable to disease than others. The result is that services provided were able to satisfy existing demand. This paper examines the health care facilities that were provided by the population of Trinidad and Tobago since 1900. The paper begins with an outline of earliest institutions and a discussion of the philosophy which guide their operations. The discourse then turns to the emergence of modern hospital institutions in the colony and the history of these institutions since 1900. The paper argues that in the development of hospital services there is a history of overwhelming demand which was never satisfied. The paper argues further that the underlying philosophy of the hospital institutions never really changed and that is the basic reason for the inadequacy of these services which remains a feature of the history of the hospitals of Trinidad and Tobago. (AU)
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Coleções: Bases de dados internacionais Base de dados: MedCarib Assunto principal: Atenção à Saúde / Instalações de Saúde / Hospitais Tipo de estudo: Pesquisa qualitativa Aspecto: Determinantes sociais da saúde País/Região como assunto: Caribe Inglês / Trinidad e Tobago Idioma: Inglês Revista: West Indian med. j Ano de publicação: 2001 Tipo de documento: Artigo
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Coleções: Bases de dados internacionais Base de dados: MedCarib Assunto principal: Atenção à Saúde / Instalações de Saúde / Hospitais Tipo de estudo: Pesquisa qualitativa Aspecto: Determinantes sociais da saúde País/Região como assunto: Caribe Inglês / Trinidad e Tobago Idioma: Inglês Revista: West Indian med. j Ano de publicação: 2001 Tipo de documento: Artigo
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