HS201 FINAL WINTER LATEST EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+/ NUR 100 LATEST
EXAM
Identify the role that early Indigenous medicine had on health care.
Ans: - Segregated hospitals for Indigenous People operated with little regard for traditional
health practices for Indigenous culture
- Tuberculosis was the disease initially leading to the establishment of segregated hospitals for
Indigenous People
- Oral history indicates that Indigenous people had arthritis and jaw abscesses
- The sweat lodge was the most valued of traditional healing
- The healing circle was structured to promote open communication
- Smudging - the burning of medicine such as sage or sweetgrass
- Medicine wheel - represented four parts of a person: spiritual, physical, cognitive, and
emotional
Quiz What were the key contributions of central figures, such as William Kelly, Roy Romanow,
Emmett Hall, and Tommy Douglas, to the development of health care in Canada?
Ans: William Kelly
- In 1834, he deduced that sanitation is related to disease
,- Suspected a relationship between sanitation and disease - that water was a major
contaminant
Roy Romanow
- Romanow Report (2002)
- As chair of the Commision on the Future of Health Care in Canada, he argued that health care
was sustainable with appropriate and immediate action and opposed privatization of health
care
- His report provided 47 recommendations for both health care reform and renewal of the
Canada Health Act. These included:
● Creation of the Health Council of Canada to facilitate collaborative leadership in health and
new approaches to primary care
● Stable and predictable long-term funding
● More integrated, team-based care
● Investment in diagnostic technologies and training programs to reduce waiting lists
● Centralized management of waiting lists
● A national home care strategy and improved service to rural and remote communities
● A National Drug Agency and improved coverage of prescription drugs
Emmett Hall
- The Hall Report 1960 (Royal Commission on Health Services)
- Supported the introduction of a national Medicare
- Passed in the house of commons on December 8th, 1966
Tommy Douglas
- "The Father of Medicare" - premier of Saskatchewan from 1944-1961
- Free healthcare in Canada
- Introduced Canada's first provincial government-funded health insurance in 1947
- The Hospital Insurance Act of Tommy Douglas was passed by the government in 1947
, Quiz Explain the criteria in the Canada Health Act.
Ans: The Canada Health Act (1984)
Criteria:
Public Administration
- Managed by provincial plans (not a private company), on a not-for-profit basis
Comprehensive Coverage
- Allows patients access to medically necessary services, in particular, physician and hospital
services
- Available to all residents with equal opportunity
Other services may be covered, it's up to the province (e.g., nursing homes, chiropractic care,
eye care, pharmacare)
Universality
- Every resident is entitled and must have equal coverage without discrimniation
Portability
- Citizens must wait no longer than three months if moving provinces to gain access to the
provincial health care system; in the meantime, their home province pays for their care
Accessibility
- Access to services when and where they are available - so if a person lives far from a service,
they must be granted access to the service in the closest location where it is offered
Quiz What were the major propositions of the Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act
and the Canada Health Act?
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+/ NUR 100 LATEST
EXAM
Identify the role that early Indigenous medicine had on health care.
Ans: - Segregated hospitals for Indigenous People operated with little regard for traditional
health practices for Indigenous culture
- Tuberculosis was the disease initially leading to the establishment of segregated hospitals for
Indigenous People
- Oral history indicates that Indigenous people had arthritis and jaw abscesses
- The sweat lodge was the most valued of traditional healing
- The healing circle was structured to promote open communication
- Smudging - the burning of medicine such as sage or sweetgrass
- Medicine wheel - represented four parts of a person: spiritual, physical, cognitive, and
emotional
Quiz What were the key contributions of central figures, such as William Kelly, Roy Romanow,
Emmett Hall, and Tommy Douglas, to the development of health care in Canada?
Ans: William Kelly
- In 1834, he deduced that sanitation is related to disease
,- Suspected a relationship between sanitation and disease - that water was a major
contaminant
Roy Romanow
- Romanow Report (2002)
- As chair of the Commision on the Future of Health Care in Canada, he argued that health care
was sustainable with appropriate and immediate action and opposed privatization of health
care
- His report provided 47 recommendations for both health care reform and renewal of the
Canada Health Act. These included:
● Creation of the Health Council of Canada to facilitate collaborative leadership in health and
new approaches to primary care
● Stable and predictable long-term funding
● More integrated, team-based care
● Investment in diagnostic technologies and training programs to reduce waiting lists
● Centralized management of waiting lists
● A national home care strategy and improved service to rural and remote communities
● A National Drug Agency and improved coverage of prescription drugs
Emmett Hall
- The Hall Report 1960 (Royal Commission on Health Services)
- Supported the introduction of a national Medicare
- Passed in the house of commons on December 8th, 1966
Tommy Douglas
- "The Father of Medicare" - premier of Saskatchewan from 1944-1961
- Free healthcare in Canada
- Introduced Canada's first provincial government-funded health insurance in 1947
- The Hospital Insurance Act of Tommy Douglas was passed by the government in 1947
, Quiz Explain the criteria in the Canada Health Act.
Ans: The Canada Health Act (1984)
Criteria:
Public Administration
- Managed by provincial plans (not a private company), on a not-for-profit basis
Comprehensive Coverage
- Allows patients access to medically necessary services, in particular, physician and hospital
services
- Available to all residents with equal opportunity
Other services may be covered, it's up to the province (e.g., nursing homes, chiropractic care,
eye care, pharmacare)
Universality
- Every resident is entitled and must have equal coverage without discrimniation
Portability
- Citizens must wait no longer than three months if moving provinces to gain access to the
provincial health care system; in the meantime, their home province pays for their care
Accessibility
- Access to services when and where they are available - so if a person lives far from a service,
they must be granted access to the service in the closest location where it is offered
Quiz What were the major propositions of the Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act
and the Canada Health Act?
