Le marché du cannabis et la santé publique
En Uruguay, la légalisation du cannabis prescrit ou en vente libre, en 2012, était d’abord et avant tout un projet étatique dans lequel les...
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Pulling levers to mitigate health costs of cannabis
Legalization of cannabis in Canada has potential benefits — lower criminal justice costs, new government and private revenue sources — but we must also...
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Changing policy thinking around childhood disability
The field of childhood chronic conditions is undergoing a sea change. Several recent concepts challenge clinicians and policy-makers to reconsider traditional biomedical thinking (“diagnose/treat/try...
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Canada must guard against unrestricted drug exports to the US
As US President Donald Trump threatens tariffs on Canadian goods like automobiles, his administration has announced a working group to look into importing prescription medications...
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Why isn’t social assistance improving health outcomes?
Income levels and health are closely linked, and people living in poverty are far more likely to have poor health than people with higher...
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Canada’s shameful post-war treatment of unwed mothers
It’s hard to imagine today that a woman would have her newborn baby taken from her shortly after giving birth simply because she is...
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Moving patient engagement to the centre of health care
“Nothing about me without me” is a common trope in health care, particularly in research, practice and legislative measures aimed at advancing patient- and...
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Les erreurs médicales sont chose courante
Lorsqu’un de vos parents, votre partenaire ou votre enfant tombe subitement malade et a besoin de soins médicaux, sera-t-il soigné en toute sécurité ?...
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Social assistance is not improving health
Public health researchers have long known that poverty and poor health are linked, but new evidence suggests that social assistance — the government system...
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Our health system is failing elderly patients
Hospital overcrowding is not a new issue. Limited bed spaces have plagued Ontario hospitals for years and are increasingly straining our system. Not only...
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