Improving Medicare

CB van der Pol - Canadian Family Physician, 2010 - cfp.ca
Tommy Douglas, the man known as the Father of Medicare, was voted the greatest
Canadian of all time in a 2004 contest sponsored by the Canadian Broadcasting …

Comprehensive health care and motor-vehicle safety

JE Fielding, DC Walsh - New England Journal of Medicine, 1976 - Mass Medical Soc
Motor-vehicle accidents in Massachusetts last year claimed on the order of 31,000 years of
potential life1 (Table 1), second for that dubious distinction only to ischemic heart disease …

CMA driver's guide/The editor-in-chief of the CMA driver's guide responds

DW Gross, DJM Butcher - Canadian Medical Association …, 2007 - search.proquest.com
I have concerns about the CMA's guidelines on determining medical fitness to drive. 1 All
Canadian provinces and territories currently use the medical standards produced by the …

Health care system serves Canada well, Alberta president tells American MDs.

P Sullivan - CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1990 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Although the Canadian health care system has many critics and faces many problems, the
president of the Alberta Medical Association says it also provides something that many …

Throwing more money at health care system will not solve problems, CMA told

P Sullivan - CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1991 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
W hen Dr. Martin Barkin came to Ottawa to address a recent joint meeting of three CMA
councils, he came with a lotof questions." Why is it that a patient can visit one centre in small …

Martin McNamara MD CCFP (EM)

S Neilson - Canadian Family Physician, 2011 - cfp.ca
Previous lives. Dr McNamara was a paramedic in a previous life, his first love, but he was
doomed when he found a mentor, a family doctor, who recommended he drop the para. Dr …

It is easier to recall a defective car than a defective law

L Laster - Hospital Practice, 1996 - Taylor & Francis
Last summer, Congress passed, and President Clinton signed into law, a bill to reform the
Federal welfare system. That law technically took effect on October 1 of this year; however …

" Come south, young doctor", Humana tells Canadian MDs.

P Sullivan - CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1990 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Although Humana Inc. paints a bright picture of the job oppor-tunities for Canadian doctors
that exist south of theborder, the executive director of the College of Family Physicians of …

The Yankees are coming! The Yankees are coming!

C Gutkin - Canadian Family Physician, 2010 - cfp.ca
For baseball fans, these words are exciting, trumpet-ing the arrival of one of the most storied
sports franchises in history. Globally, for various nations in times of sociopolitical unrest, they …

Third time's the charm

L Leung - Canadian Family Physician, 2013 - cfp.ca
Family Medicine Forum Convocation ceremony to celebrate our newly won CCFP
designations, many thoughts went through my mind. The CCFP letters marked our …