… ED Shortt and then the utility of science as a mode of perceiving and responding to the
external world.74 In this cultural climate, medicine's time had come. If protests were voiced …

This paper summarizes current knowledge about social capital and its application to health
policy. There is a consensus that social capital is a characteristic of social groups, rather than …

© 2000 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors received treatment during December
1999 had waited, the retrospective method would be used. Alternatively, one could use the …

The 2003 Statistics Canada Health Services Access Survey found that 12% of Canadians
polled did not have a family doctor, and 18% reported access problems such as long waiting …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe factors contributing to the decision-making
processes of elderly persons as they formulate advance directives in long-term care. …

Background: Waiting times for surgical and other procedures are an important measure of
how well the health care system responds to patient needs. In a universal health care system …

This review of current literature on the relationship between unemployment and health covers
time-series studies and critiques of this approach; micro-level studies of plant closures, …

The first order of business is to create good information systems based on standardized
concepts and terms. However, even the simplest notions are confounded by obtuse definitions …

MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS (MSAS) HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED as a possible solution
to Canada's health care funding woes. This approach is intended to reduce demand for …

Governments in ontario have promised family physicians (fps) that participation in primary
care reform would be financially as well as professionally rewarding. We compared work …