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Assessing Ottawa’s New Health Mandate
Friday, January 10th, 2020
… why not identify and put your emphasis on issues squarely in the federal jurisdiction, such as the socio-economic determinants of health? Addressing poverty and other deleterious conditions in certain populations would be the greatest contribution your government could make to better health of Canadians.
Tags: featured, Health, housing, ideology, jurisdiction, poverty
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Getting to a People-Centred Health System
Friday, November 8th, 2019
… the basic purpose should be to foster wellness, the preservation of good health in addition to its restoration… we must expand its reach. Hospitals and physicians provide essential services but so also do nursing and retirement homes, rehabilitation and mental health facilities, the providers of home care and other community services, including housing, income and personal security, respite, community support, and other health determinants.
Tags: economy, Health, ideology, mental Health, participation, pharmaceutical, standard of living
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Toward Healthcare’s Culture Change
Friday, November 8th, 2019
… contemporary needs demand the system’s expansion to encompass two additional imperatives: a) meeting the changed needs of people, many of them aging, who suffer from multiple, chronic conditions that are amenable to wellness-enhancing treatments provided in their own homes and communities by multi-professional teams of care givers; and, more fundamentally, b) motivating and educating people in ways to maintain life-long good health.
Tags: Health, ideology, mental Health, participation, pharmaceutical, standard of living
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