Towards a national health program. The components of care

The writer contends that incorporating all the components of health, not only medical care, should be our goal as we strive for a comprehensive national system. In discussing the prospects for a national health program, Terris draws on the ideas and observations of Henry Sigerist, the noted medical historian who brilliantly analyzed the political preconditions for the establishment of national health insurance. Finally, he argues that the lessons of Canada offer progressives here a valuable point of departure.