Tag Archives: Doctor

How can we change the health workforce to serve our aging population?
By Ivy Lynn Bourgeault

The architecture of our health system was created in the 1960s but we’ve had a demographic shift that’s been reversed since. Our health system needs to reflect our changing population and their needs

How can we change the health workforce to serve our aging population?
By Ivy Lynn Bourgeault

You can’t wave a magic wand and have everything in the health system suddenly delivered by homecare without there being explicit consideration of how to deploy this homecare workforce

How can we change the health workforce to serve our aging population?
By Gregory Huyer

Our health system has been designed by healthcare professionals for healthcare professionals – rather than having the patient at the centre

Our healthcare system designed for the convenience of practitioners, not patients
By Andre Picard

We often fail to say the three most important words in medicine: I don’t know. There’s no shame in saying that.

We have built a sickness care system rather than a health system
By Andre Picard

In Canada, we deliver good medical care, but we’ve essentially built a sickness care system rather than a healthcare system.

Why Canadians need to be having end-of-life conversations Why Canadians need to be having end-of-life conversations
By Michelle Howard

Canadians likely had many important conversations with their loved ones over the holidays, but probably most didn’t talk about what should happen in the event they could no longer speak or make medical decisions for themselves.

Our healthcare system designed for the convenience of practitioners, not patients

October 23, 2015

We have built a sickness care system rather than a health system This convocation speech was delivered to graduating MDs at the University of Manitoba on the receipt of an honorary doctorate on May 14, 2015. André Picard is a …

Using incarceration as an opportunity to improve inmates’ health

October 11, 2015

This Podcast appeared in Policy Options One in 200 Canadians is detained or incarcerated in jail or prison every year, yet their access to health care is a far cry from the services offered in Canadian communities. Dr. Ruth Martin and Dr. Fiona …

We have built a sickness care system rather than a health system Our healthcare system designed for the convenience of practitioners, not patients
By André Picard
When is it ok for doctors to let someone die? When is it ok for doctors to let someone die?
By Charles J. Wright

The long overdue public, medical, legal and political debate on end-of-life care is now well underway in Canada. Medical journals and the general press are commenting regularly on the subject…