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Make data on homeless deaths public
The city should release not just the number of homeless deaths, as it recently did for the first time, but other information it now collects, too, such as on gender, unofficial cause of death, and location of death… we know very little about how these people ended up on the street or how they died. Were these opiate overdoses, suicides, deaths by exposure? And therefore what are the policy responses we should be demanding of governments?
Tags: homelessness, mental Health, standard of living
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Doctors use this software during patient visits. Now Big Pharma is tapping it to sell their drugs
Concerned physicians say a clinical tool they use to write prescriptions and care for patients is being co-opted, and they fear health records are being tapped so drug companies can increase profits. In the battle for pharmaceutical dominance, this new tactic, deployed in software used by doctors, has allowed brand-name companies to capitalize on the moment a prescription is written.
Tags: budget, Health, mental Health, pharmaceutical
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Canada resists health-care reform, despite overwhelming evidence we need it
Presumably, health care reform is an issue that could resonate with Canadians if politicians got the messaging right. The problem, though, is that may first require our leaders to disabuse the public of the fantasy that our system is first-rate—a bubble no politician is likely inclined to voluntarily pop. Perhaps a court ruling confirming long wait times and patient rights will pop it for them.
Tags: budget, economy, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living
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The unspoken problem in Pikangikum
The question that needs asking is, how do you reconcile the right of Indigenous people to live on their ancestral lands with the undeniable fact that, in some remote, fly-in communities, there is no viable economy to support them? … Other communities in the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), a loose organization of First Nations communities in Northern Ontario, have social problems too, including high suicide rates. But most are much smaller in size. And many have better, if still struggling, local economies.
Tags: economy, featured, Health, housing, Indigenous, mental Health, participation, poverty, youth
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Act now on Indigenous youth suicide crisis
A Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled last year that the federal government discriminates against First Nations children on reserves. Even though needs are greater, Ottawa provides significantly less support to children on reserves – for which it is responsible – than provinces do for Indigenous children living off-reserve… The ruling was particularly troubling given the adoption of Jordan’s Principle… that stipulates no Indigenous child should suffer denials, delays or disruptions in health services due to jurisdictional disputes.
Tags: Indigenous, jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living, youth
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In cases of sexual violence, justice can come from outside the courts
The evidence is clear. Many survivors of sexual violence experience the criminal justice system — with the intense public scrutiny and victim blaming that often come with it — as causing them further trauma…. Given the limitations of the system, survivors should be given access to meaningful alternatives to criminal justice so they can make an informed choice about which process is right for them. One option is “restorative justice,” which is increasingly being offered in sexual violence cases across the country.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, featured, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, women, youth
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This report just shredded every myth claiming Canadian medicare is superior — or fair
When measuring the equity of our system against the others, we come a pitiful ninth out of 11… Despite being a fairly high spender, we are not able to turn that money into better outcomes for Canadians. Again, we rank ninth out of 11. But in what must be the bitterest pill, we come 10th in access… it is the defenders of the status quo who are denying Canadians the kind of experimentation and reform that provide superior equity and outcomes in our peer countries every day.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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Canada should listen to wake-up call on health care
… according to the data, access to health care could be greatly improved if we had more doctors. Among the 11 advanced countries, Canada has the fewest doctors per 1,000 residents. In 2014, we had 2.5 doctors for every thousand people. Norway had 4.4 and the U.S. was only slightly better than Canada, with 2.6… the government has successfully controlled spending on doctors’ services, but it comes at a cost.
Tags: budget, Health, jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living, tax
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PET brain scans show many Alzheimer’s patients may not actually have the disease
A significant portion of people with mild cognitive impairment or dementia who are taking medication for Alzheimer’s may not actually have the disease… The findings could change the way doctors treat people in these hard-to-diagnose groups and save money currently being spent on inappropriate medication… “we’re getting a 66 per cent change… of people who are on a drug and didn’t need to be on those drugs.”
Tags: budget, disabilities, featured, Health, mental Health, pharmaceutical
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