Study on Mental Health, Mental Illness and Addiction in Canada : Supplementary Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
The Canadian Medical Association calls upon the federal/provincial/territorial governments, in conjunction with practicing physicians, to immediately develop a joint comprehensive plan with practicing physicians for recruiting, retaining, and adequately compensating clinical faculty.
The Canadian Medical Association calls upon the federal/provincial/territorial governments, in conjunction with practicing physicians, to immediately develop a joint comprehensive plan with practicing physicians for recruiting, retaining, and adequately compensating clinical faculty.
The Canadian Medical Association recommends that Correctional Service of Canada develop, implement and evaluate a pilot needle exchange program in prison(s) under its jurisdiction.
The Canadian Medical Association recommends that Correctional Service of Canada develop, implement and evaluate a pilot needle exchange program in prison(s) under its jurisdiction.
The Canadian Medical Association calls on all levels of government to adequately resource, coordinate and assume accountability for programs to achieve national health goals.
The Canadian Medical Association calls on all levels of government to adequately resource, coordinate and assume accountability for programs to achieve national health goals.
The Canadian Medical Association will work with the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation to introduce a standard of accreditation for hospitals/districts/ regions with respect to monitoring and reporting on wait times and outcomes of patients awaiting care.
The Canadian Medical Association will work with the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation to introduce a standard of accreditation for hospitals/districts/ regions with respect to monitoring and reporting on wait times and outcomes of patients awaiting care.
That the Canadian Medical Association alert the public to the serious health hazards associated with the uses of smokeless tobacco; AND
That the Canadian Medical Association approach the federal government to request that mandatory health warnings and the advertising restrictions proposed for other tobacco products apply equally to smokeless tobacco products.
That the Canadian Medical Association alert the public to the serious health hazards associated with the uses of smokeless tobacco; AND
That the Canadian Medical Association approach the federal government to request that mandatory health warnings and the advertising restrictions proposed for other tobacco products apply equally to smokeless tobacco products.
That the Canadian Medical Association encourage Canadian undergraduate and postgraduate medical education programs to train physicians who have the appropriate knowledge and skills to meet the health care needs of the Canadian public in both urban and non-urban settings.
That the Canadian Medical Association encourage Canadian undergraduate and postgraduate medical education programs to train physicians who have the appropriate knowledge and skills to meet the health care needs of the Canadian public in both urban and non-urban settings.
That the Canadian Medical Association encourage the development of innovative technical and administrative procedures to ensure continued appropriate medically supervised services to those communities that cannot support a full time Certificant in Nuclear Medicine.
That the Canadian Medical Association encourage the development of innovative technical and administrative procedures to ensure continued appropriate medically supervised services to those communities that cannot support a full time Certificant in Nuclear Medicine.
That the Canadian Medical Association urge appropriate agencies to adopt regulations and/or policies to ensure that warnings about the adverse interaction between alcohol and both prescription and non-prescription products be prominently displayed or distributed wherever alcohol and drugs are sold and/or dispensed.
That the Canadian Medical Association urge appropriate agencies to adopt regulations and/or policies to ensure that warnings about the adverse interaction between alcohol and both prescription and non-prescription products be prominently displayed or distributed wherever alcohol and drugs are sold and/or dispensed.
The Canadian Medical Association supports the position that:
1) a patient should have the right to choose either a generic or a brand-name prescription drug where both alternatives exist; and
2) a physician should have the right to order "no substitution" of a drug product he or she prescribes.
The Canadian Medical Association supports the position that:
1) a patient should have the right to choose either a generic or a brand-name prescription drug where both alternatives exist; and
2) a physician should have the right to order "no substitution" of a drug product he or she prescribes.
The Canadian Medical Association recommends to Transport Canada that safety standards required in passenger cars also be applied to mini vans and light trucks.
The Canadian Medical Association recommends to Transport Canada that safety standards required in passenger cars also be applied to mini vans and light trucks.
The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations shall lend support in stimulating initiation and improvement of school health.
The Canadian Medical Association and provincial/territorial medical associations shall lend support in stimulating initiation and improvement of school health.
That the Canadian Medical Association favours the availability of multi-modal programmes to aid in dealing with the many faceted needs of the drug dependent population and taking into account the multi-drug use problem.
That the Canadian Medical Association favours the availability of multi-modal programmes to aid in dealing with the many faceted needs of the drug dependent population and taking into account the multi-drug use problem.
That the membership of the Canadian Medical Association clearly inform its patients, and the general public at large, of the hazards associated with the operation of motor vehicles, industrial equipment, etc., while under the influence of psycho-active substances, especially alcohol and antihistamines, and particularly the combination of such substances.
That the membership of the Canadian Medical Association clearly inform its patients, and the general public at large, of the hazards associated with the operation of motor vehicles, industrial equipment, etc., while under the influence of psycho-active substances, especially alcohol and antihistamines, and particularly the combination of such substances.
