title: [Debates on religion among Montreal physicians].
abstract: This article discusses the debate which took place at the beginning of the 20th century on the relationship between Church and State, and reveals the resulting ideological schisms among members of the Montreal medical leadership. These divisions explain, at least in part, the delayed application of health policies and professionalization evolution of physicians and the configuration of the medical institutional framework. Its broader implications relate to the influence of external forces upon medical practice.
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002410:Catholicism / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D013222:State Medicine / Q000266:history*