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Backgrounder_Why-Economic-Inequality-Matters-to-the-Health-and-Well-Being-of-All-Canadians Backgrounder: Why Economic Inequality Matters to the Health and Well-Being of All Canadians
By Carolyn Shimmin and John Millar

Does more healthcare create better outcomes? In other words, do more medications, tests and interventions necessarily result in healthier patients?
It turns out more care is, all too often, unnecessary care.

Backgrounder: How health providers in Canada are working together to treat poverty and improve health Backgrounder: How health providers in Canada are working together to treat poverty and improve health
By Dane Wanniarachige

Does more healthcare create better outcomes? In other words, do more medications, tests and interventions necessarily result in healthier patients?
It turns out more care is, all too often, unnecessary care.

Why patients at the end of life may not be receiving the best care Les patients en fin de vie ne bénéficient peut-être pas des meilleurs soins possible
Par James Downar et John Muscedere

Notre système de santé est encore largement organisé autour des soins actifs (les soins d’urgence) et de « l’impératif thérapeutique », qui consiste à « réparer », lorsqu’une personne est malade, tout ce qu’on peut.

Why patients at the end of life may not be receiving the best care Why patients at the end of life may not be receiving the best care
By James Downar and John Muscedere

Our healthcare system remains focused on acute – emergency — care and the “therapeutic imperative” to fix everything we can fix when a patient is ill. But when someone is approaching the end of life, this approach may no longer be what the patient and their families need or want most.

Backgrounder_The Impact of Poverty on Health Backgrounder: The impact of poverty on health
By Carolyn Shimmin

Does more healthcare create better outcomes? In other words, do more medications, tests and interventions necessarily result in healthier patients?
It turns out more care is, all too often, unnecessary care.

L’effet « Angelina Jolie » est maintenant confirmé L’appui des célébrités et le dépistage médical
Par Alan Cassels

Est-ce une bonne idée d’entreprendre une expédition de chasse génétique pour savoir si on est « à risque » de développer une maladie particulière?