In medicine, we are generally concerned about diseases/cure, prevention/treatment of various illnesses, and the way health care is delivered. To each patient, timely and effective medical care can be a case of life and death. Thanks to modern medicine in the form of new treatments and therapies within the universal health care system, that we as Canadians are healthier than we were in the past. This is not to say, that we have …showed first 75 words of 1858 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1858 total…the team. In conclusion, the historical overview of Canadian medicine - the doctors, the discoveries, and the nature of health care delivery - presents only a few of the important contributions we as a nation have made to medicine, science, and technology in Canada. From the three important figures, Sir William Osler, Dr. Norman Bethune, Sir Frederick Banting & Dr. Charles Best, we come to know the contributions Canada has made to health care.