To effectively address health disparities, research needs to be grounded in Canada’s realities, not simply adapted from models developed elsewhere.
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CAR-T cell therapies advance the treatment of cancer, but they are expensive and can take weeks to process. Academic development could cut costs and time while making them more accessible.
People living with complex chronic conditions are poorly served by our health-care system, which was designed to care for acute illness.
Wildfires are not just environmental events. They are public health crises that demand stronger, more resilient health systems.
While there is no single perfect solution, there are a number of approaches that all have potential to relieve Canada’s medical workforce crisis. It’s time to explore and pursue them.
Why Canada needs to put seniors’ care back on the agenda, not only in this election but also in its aftermath.
With limited resources and budget constraints, how can policymakers to improve primary care access: Paying doctors more, or increasing their numbers?
Despite a shortage of physicians, Canada still struggles with the question of whether a doctor licensed in one province should be automatically qualified to practice in others.
Health systems are made up of people who are often members of the same disaster-stricken communities they serve. They respond to climate-related events, but are affected by them too.
A newly created Primary Care Action Team has a lofty goal: to ensure all Ontarians have access to primary health care within five years. Here are five principals to consider to help achieve it.
As a standalone statistic, the rate of ‘low risk’ caesarean births lacks the nuance needed to inform and improve individual care. Childbirth metrics must adopt a broader, patient-centred perspective.
Most people would prefer to die at home than in hospital. If dying at home could be made more feasible and well resourced, both the dying and the living would benefit.
The Canadian Medical Association’s apology for harms to Indigenous Peoples is an opportunity to reflect on the gap between apologies and the work of true repair necessary for reconciliation.
Cancer diagnoses in adolescents in young adults are rising. These patients are not only navigating the challenges of a life-altering diagnosis, but also other challenges distinct to their life stage.
De-centring medical expertise means fostering skillsets that reduce disparities in health outcomes. Medical expertise alone is great for those with social privilege, but not enough for the rest.
New simulation tools open the door for objective nurse workload management — a missing key to a healthy health-care system.
Surveying more than 5,500 nurses about the realities of their work lives highlights how a shortage of nursing staff could compromise Canadians’ ability to access safe, compassionate care.
Research partnerships with the people and communities affected help to challenge health inequities, and support person-centred care in health systems.
In addition to asking health-care systems to prepare to end suffering of mental illness through Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), we must ask policymakers to support better lives for families.
Future AI large language models like Google’s AMIE might prove to fill gaps in health-care delivery, however, they must be adopted with caution.
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Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Queen's University, Ontario
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Schlegel Research Chair in Geriatric Medicine, Associate Professor, University of Waterloo
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Associate Professor, Family Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario
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MD (Internal Medicine Resident) & PhD candidate (Focus on Geriatrics), Dalhousie University
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Associate Professor, Nursing, MacEwan University
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Professor of Family Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario
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Clinical Associate Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
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Assistant Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan
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Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University
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Professor of Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia
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PhD Candidate in Chemical Engineering, Université Laval
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Director, Network for Economic and Social Trends (NEST); Co-Chair, Pathways to Prosperity Partnership, Western University
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Research Associate - Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Lethbridge
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Senior Research Associate, Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Migration and Integration, Toronto Metropolitan University