Tag Archives: Canadian health care system
Indigenous Obstetric Evacuation: Harmful but Risky to Resist
Kim Dreaddy analyzes the policy of mandatory obstetric evacuation in Indigenous communities within the context of the history of colonization.
Canada’s Biggest Health Problem: Indigenous Health
Alison Reiheld calls attention to André Picard’s assertion that Indigenous health is currently the most urgent issue in Canada.
“European” health care not a “fix” for Canada
Colleen M. Flood and Bryan Thomas discuss the current legal challenge before the BC Supreme Court about whether public medicare violates the Charter by forcing patients onto long wait lists.
The Disorientation of Illness
Ami Harbin considers how positioning health as the personal responsibility of individuals may contribute to the disorientation of illness.
Code Gridlock
Chris Simpson rants about the crisis in Canada’s hospitals.
Impact Ethics 