That the Canadian Medical Association in concert with the divisions work to obtain higher limits set out in the Canadian Student Loans Act and other provincial student loan programs.
That the Canadian Medical Association in concert with the divisions work to obtain higher limits set out in the Canadian Student Loans Act and other provincial student loan programs.
That the Canadian Medical Association continue to work in collaboration with other health professions and governments to explore means to ensure that public policies are developed with due attention paid to the potential health consequences of those policies.
That the Canadian Medical Association continue to work in collaboration with other health professions and governments to explore means to ensure that public policies are developed with due attention paid to the potential health consequences of those policies.
That the Canadian Medical Association promote both medical and social interventions to ensure an optimal start to life and a physically, mentally and socially healthy childhood.
That the Canadian Medical Association promote both medical and social interventions to ensure an optimal start to life and a physically, mentally and socially healthy childhood.
That the Canadian Medical Association adopt as policy the following principle:
Access in old age. Older citizens in all parts of Canada should have timely access to medical and supportive health care services that are clinically appropriate. This includes:
a) rapid access to primary medical care,
b) access to a full range of medical, surgical, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative services, and
c) access to specialized programs designed to address the physical and mental problems of old age.
Access to clinically appropriate services should not be denied on the basis of age or disability.
That the Canadian Medical Association adopt as policy the following principle:
Access in old age. Older citizens in all parts of Canada should have timely access to medical and supportive health care services that are clinically appropriate. This includes:
a) rapid access to primary medical care,
b) access to a full range of medical, surgical, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative services, and
c) access to specialized programs designed to address the physical and mental problems of old age.
Access to clinically appropriate services should not be denied on the basis of age or disability.
That the Canadian Medical Association ask Health Canada to ensure it obtains sound evidence of the safety of genetically modified organisms before they are authorized by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
That the Canadian Medical Association ask Health Canada to ensure it obtains sound evidence of the safety of genetically modified organisms before they are authorized by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
That the Canadian Medical Association urge the federal government to act quickly to adopt regulations controlling the development, testing and commercialization of genetically modified organisms.
That the Canadian Medical Association urge the federal government to act quickly to adopt regulations controlling the development, testing and commercialization of genetically modified organisms.
That the Canadian Medical Association urge the federal, provincial and territorial ministers of health to ensure equitable access for all residents of Canada to comprehensive, quality end-of-life and palliative care services regardless of age, care setting, diagnosis, ethnicity, language and financial status.
That the Canadian Medical Association urge the federal, provincial and territorial ministers of health to ensure equitable access for all residents of Canada to comprehensive, quality end-of-life and palliative care services regardless of age, care setting, diagnosis, ethnicity, language and financial status.
That the Canadian Medical Association actively publicize and call attention to the unwillingness of the federal government to resolve the unfair treatment of physicians by the current GST system.
That the Canadian Medical Association actively publicize and call attention to the unwillingness of the federal government to resolve the unfair treatment of physicians by the current GST system.
That the Canadian Medical Association identify and implement timely strategies to ensure that physician representation at all levels of the Canadian Medical Association is reflective of physician demographics.
That the Canadian Medical Association identify and implement timely strategies to ensure that physician representation at all levels of the Canadian Medical Association is reflective of physician demographics.
That the Canadian Medical Association support efforts to evaluate the competencies of international medical graduates prior to licensure in Canada by applying equivalent evaluation standards to international medical graduates as those used for graduates of Canadian medical schools so that the safety of the public is assured.
That the Canadian Medical Association support efforts to evaluate the competencies of international medical graduates prior to licensure in Canada by applying equivalent evaluation standards to international medical graduates as those used for graduates of Canadian medical schools so that the safety of the public is assured.
That the Canadian Medical Association work with its Divisions and affiliates to ensure the promotion of the future roles of physicians and to adapt their professional development accordingly.
That the Canadian Medical Association work with its Divisions and affiliates to ensure the promotion of the future roles of physicians and to adapt their professional development accordingly.
That the Canadian Medical Association work with its Divisions, affiliates and other health professional organizations to explore models of collaborative/team practice in primary, secondary and tertiary care.
That the Canadian Medical Association work with its Divisions, affiliates and other health professional organizations to explore models of collaborative/team practice in primary, secondary and tertiary care.
That the Canadian Medical Association be the national focus for enhancing organized medicine's effectiveness in addressing the variety of professional issues facing Canadian physicians and medical practice.
That the Canadian Medical Association be the national focus for enhancing organized medicine's effectiveness in addressing the variety of professional issues facing Canadian physicians and medical practice.
That the Canadian Medical Association facilitate discussion between relevant stakeholders, including the federal political parties, on the development of a National Action Plan on the delivery of health care in the rural and remote parts of Canada.
That the Canadian Medical Association facilitate discussion between relevant stakeholders, including the federal political parties, on the development of a National Action Plan on the delivery of health care in the rural and remote parts of Canada.
That Clinical Genetics and Magnetic Resonance Imaging be included in the conjoint accreditation process as designated health science professions, effective immediately; and that Orthoptics be included in the conjoint accreditation process as a designated health science profession, effective January 1, 2000.
That Clinical Genetics and Magnetic Resonance Imaging be included in the conjoint accreditation process as designated health science professions, effective immediately; and that Orthoptics be included in the conjoint accreditation process as a designated health science profession, effective January 1, 2000.
