Canada is sidelining qualified doctors while many Canadians struggle to find health care. Here’s what we can and must do better for internationally trained physicians.
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President Joe Biden’s intention to end the national COVID-19 emergency will have long-lasting ripple effects on federal programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
The closure of the virtual Connect-Clinic means fewer trans and non-binary people will get the vital health-care services they need.
There are concerns about how health data are used, but research shows support for uses with public benefits by health-care providers, governments, health-system planners and university-based researchers.
Amid further strain on public funding, we ask: What’s the future of the welfare state in developed and developing nations?
Admissions, a varied collection by writers with lived experience of mental illness, is confronting, challenging, often surprising – and open to interpretation.
Privatization is an idea that — like a zombie —just won’t die. It’s re-emerging with calls to solve the long-term care crisis with for-profit care homes. Evidence refutes the same old arguments.
At the dawn of Medicare, Saskatchewan’s community co-op clinics pioneered team-based, holistic care. Now, with the health system in crisis 60 years later, it may be time to return to that care model.
The long-term care sector is currently being held together by a very vulnerable workforce, and is at risk of failing without immediate solutions.
Nurses who identify as Democrats have a significantly higher likelihood of having their children vaccinated against COVID-19 than those who identify as Republicans.
Alternative working arrangements like gig platforms might help immigrant workers find temporary work, but many care professionals are still unable to find permanent jobs in their industry.
As visits to emergency departments surge — and in some cases overwhelm hospitals — here are answers to frequently asked questions about Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
Family physicians are on the frontline of health care, and their observations and support can help us get through the upcoming winter season.
From primary care to cancer screening and insurance coverage, gender-diverse people still face many hurdles to getting good medical care.
The human population has doubled in 48 years, and worsening climate change has left the world facing serious health risks, from infectious diseases to hunger and heat stress.
Some states already allow pharmacists to provide birth control to patients with a prescription. But FDA approval of an over-the-counter birth control pill could greatly expand access.
The cost and profits involved in running a medical practice is everyone’s business. It can influence the type of health care you receive.
A strong primary care system keeps patients away from emergency departments and helps patients self-manage illnesses. But Ontario’s plan to ease pressure on emergency rooms ignores family medicine.
Searching symptoms online has become so common there is a name for the condition of health anxiety induced by self-diagnosis on the internet: Cyberchondria.
Engaging in open and honest dialogue with the public to increase understanding of health inequities has never been more important.
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney
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Professor, School of Population Health, UNSW
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Professor, Public Health, Victoria University, Victoria University
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Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Indigenous Science Research Director, Indigenous Science and Engagement, CSIRO
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Professor (adjunct) and Senior Fellow, Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
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George Dock Professor of Medicine, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
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Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Michigan
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Professor of Medicine and Health Economics, University of Calgary