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Du Rapport Castonguay Au Rapport Rochon: Le Developpement Du Systeme De Sante Au Quebec

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
April 1990

Abstract

The present article is a critical account of the official report from the Commission of Inquiry on Health and Social Services in Quebec (la Commission Rochon). This report is first examined in light of the socio-political context of Quebec society in the '80s with a particular emphasis on factors which directly influenced the development of the Commission's work. The author then presents the main elements of the report. He stresses the quality and appropriateness of studies bearing on Quebec social evolution during the last 20 years and on the identification of health and social problems in the present time. He reminds us of the radical diagnosis made on the organization of health services. The principal options for more adequate health system orientations are then studied in the context of debates following the report publication, two years ago, particularly concerning issues of regional decentralization and financing. The author finally stresses the new challenges of today in social health management, while showing the profound continuity existing between the Commission's works and those of the Castonguay Commission, at the beginning of the '70s.

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Le présent article est un compte-rendu critique du rapport de la Commission d'enquête sur les services de santé et les services sociaux au Québec (la Commission Rochon). Ce rapport est d'abord resitué dans le cadre sociopolitique de la société québecoise des années 80, avec une insistance particulière sur les facteurs qui ont directement influencé la démarche de la Commission. L'auteur présente ensuite les principaux éléments du rapport. Il souligne la qualité et la justesse des analyses touchant l'évolution sociale du Québec au cours des 20 dernières années et l'identification des problèmes de santé et des problèmes sociaux maintenant. Il rappelle le diagnostic sévère qu'on y pose sur l'organisation des services de santé. Les grandes positions prises sur les orientations d'un systéme de santé plus adéquat sont exposées dans le contexte des débats qui ont suivi la parution du rapport il y a deux ans, en particulier sur les questions de la régionalisation et des modes de financement. L'auteur souligne enfin les défis nouveaux d'aujourd'hui dans la gestion sociale de la santé, tout en soulignant la continuite profonde des travaux de la Commission avec ceux de la Commission Castonguay, du début des années 70.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 9Number 1April 1990
Pages: 143 - 154

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Version of record online: 29 Avril 2009

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Jean-Pierre Belanger
Fédération des CLSC du Québec

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