[The history of health in Quebec: relationships and specificities]

The remarkable development of the history of health in Quebec during the last two decades occurred at the junction of two main historiographical movements: the international resurgence of the history of health, and the metamorphosis of the historian's gaze toward Quebec. The author examines specific features issued from this junction. He shows that many historians challenged the "retard du Québec" thesis. Studying, as they did, the relations between health service providers, they unveiled their respective interests and conflicts, which led to the invalidation of the idea of a monolithic backwards society.