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The article examines the role of the family in the lives of women in a turn-of-the-century psychiatric institution in British Columbia, Canada. The continued connection between institutionalized women and their families is highlighted. Evidence drawn from the psychiatric case files of 774 women patients at British Columbia's Provincial Hospital for the Insane show that families significantly influenced such factors of institutional life as the conditions of care, the timing of discharge and the possibility of readmission. Conclusions presented here underscore the negotiated and conflictual nature of asylum practice.

This invoice from St. Ignatius Hospital in Colfax, Washington gives insight to prices of 1953 for childbirth. It's an interesting look back to that time. Notice the week long stay and some of the categories filled out that we don't see today.

Canada has long been one of the most important trading partners for the United States. Canada, primarily British Columbia, is the second most important international trading partner of Washington State. In 1986, trade between Washington and Canada exceeded $3.5 billion dollars. This trade relationship will be enhanced by the fact that both the United States Senate and the Canadian Parliament have ratified the United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement, which went into effect on January 1, 1989. By its terms, this agreement drastically reduces or eliminates tariffs on commerce between the two nations within the next ten years. As a result, the ratification signals the beginning of a period of increased commercial activity between American and Canadian business people. This is particularly true between Washington and British Columbia where tariffs have prevented competition between the adjoining state and province.

Reports the results of a survey of specialist physicians. Identifies the extent to which patients are waiting for hospital treatments and attempts a rough quantification of the costs to the provincial economy associated with the rationing of health care. (Abstract amended)

This article situates a 1976 feminist rally in Victoria, British Columbia, Women Rally for Action, within the context of Canada's national feminist movement. The rally was a legislative lobbying event aimed at the newly elected Social Credit government and their cuts to the social services that supported gender equality in the province. By tracing the development of the second wave feminist movement in Canada and in BC, this article explores how the organizers of the BC rally employed a national feminist strategy of organized political pressure. In doing so, they worked towards the politicization of the women's movement on a national and provincial level, and developed an invaluable framework for future women's organizing in BC.

This study reports the results of a survey of specialist physicians practicing in British Columbia. The survey identifies the extent to which patients are waiting for hospital treatments and attempts a rough quantification of the costs to the provincial economy associated with the rationing of health care. The identifiable costs associated with reduced productivity should be weighed against the resource savings gained from rationing access to the health care system.

This is an edited version of a conversation that took place between myself and four other clinical psychologists who had been actively involved in developing better services for women living in Ashworth and Rampton hospitals - two of the three high security psychiatric hospitals in England. There have been long-standing concerns about the quality of the services provided by these Special Hospitals,1 and a public inquiry2 in 1992 identified services to women as a particular cause for concern. This inquiry was followed by a period of optimism during which time these psychologists had worked hard to improve services to women in the Special Hospitals. We met in late 1996 to talk about their frustrations and disappointments, to learn from their experiences, and to remember the women who live in these hospitals. This was not an easy conversation, and it was also limited by a pending tribunal and the ever present threat of legal action. The Special Hospitals have continued to feature in news headlines, and their future is being publicly debated. We want this debate to be informed by an understanding of the ways in which Special Hospitals continue to fail women. There is nothing to suggest that they provide women with what they need, or that they are likely to do so in the future. The development of better community mental health services is the only way forward.