Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian health care violates human rights when governments cause limited or delayed access to primary and specialist care
Author: David Zitner
David Zitner, a family doctor, is Director of Medical Informatics at Dalhousie Medical School. He has been a member of the Physician Advisory Committee to the Canadian Institute for Health Information and was on the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Deputy Ministers of Health working group which produced “When Less is Better: Using Canada’s Hospitals Efficiently”.
Don’t gamble with your health care
Reading Time: 3 minutes Follow these six steps and become an active participant in your own health care
Health care insurance should focus on covering costly treatments
Reading Time: 3 minutes People who can afford it should be encouraged to pay some of the costs of their own inexpensive care