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Promotion of healthy childhood
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy374
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 1999-08-25
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- GC99-42
- 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.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 1999-08-25
- Resolution
- GC99-42
- 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.
- Text
- 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.
Access by the elderly to medical and supportive health care
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy377
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 1999-08-25
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- GC99-78
- 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.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 1999-08-25
- Resolution
- GC99-78
- 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.
- Text
- 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.
Publicly insured health care services
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy398
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2000-08-16
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC00-195
- That the federal, provincial and territorial governments work in partnership with the public, physicians and other health care stakeholders to determine which health care services will be publicly insured.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2000-08-16
- Resolution
- GC00-195
- That the federal, provincial and territorial governments work in partnership with the public, physicians and other health care stakeholders to determine which health care services will be publicly insured.
- Text
- That the federal, provincial and territorial governments work in partnership with the public, physicians and other health care stakeholders to determine which health care services will be publicly insured.
Legislation of drinking water
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy429
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2001-08-15
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- GC01-50
- That Canadian Medical Association recommend all levels of government across Canada urgently review legislation governing all aspects of drinking water from source to consumption to ensure that comprehensive programs are in place and being properly implemented, with effective linkages to local, provincial and territorial public health officials and Ministries of Health.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2001-08-15
- Resolution
- GC01-50
- That Canadian Medical Association recommend all levels of government across Canada urgently review legislation governing all aspects of drinking water from source to consumption to ensure that comprehensive programs are in place and being properly implemented, with effective linkages to local, provincial and territorial public health officials and Ministries of Health.
- Text
- That Canadian Medical Association recommend all levels of government across Canada urgently review legislation governing all aspects of drinking water from source to consumption to ensure that comprehensive programs are in place and being properly implemented, with effective linkages to local, provincial and territorial public health officials and Ministries of Health.
Tax programs and health care services
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy431
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2001-08-15
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC01-52
- That Canadian Medical Association recommend to the federal, provincial and territorial governments that they should immediately review the creation of tax-related programs that will help patients offset the ever-increasing out-of-pocket cost of health care services, which should include: 1. an increase in the currently allowable medical tax credit, and 2. a health savings plan similar to the RRSP program for application to anticipated future expenses such as long-term care, home care and pharmacological expenses.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2001-08-15
- Resolution
- GC01-52
- That Canadian Medical Association recommend to the federal, provincial and territorial governments that they should immediately review the creation of tax-related programs that will help patients offset the ever-increasing out-of-pocket cost of health care services, which should include: 1. an increase in the currently allowable medical tax credit, and 2. a health savings plan similar to the RRSP program for application to anticipated future expenses such as long-term care, home care and pharmacological expenses.
- Text
- That Canadian Medical Association recommend to the federal, provincial and territorial governments that they should immediately review the creation of tax-related programs that will help patients offset the ever-increasing out-of-pocket cost of health care services, which should include: 1. an increase in the currently allowable medical tax credit, and 2. a health savings plan similar to the RRSP program for application to anticipated future expenses such as long-term care, home care and pharmacological expenses.
Cell phones and driving
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy433
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2001-08-15
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- GC01-54
- That Canadian Medical Association supports legislation prohibiting the use of phones when driving a motor vehicle
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2001-08-15
- Resolution
- GC01-54
- That Canadian Medical Association supports legislation prohibiting the use of phones when driving a motor vehicle
- Text
- That Canadian Medical Association supports legislation prohibiting the use of phones when driving a motor vehicle
Addressing professional issues of Canadian physicians and medical practice
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy465
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 1999-08-25
- Topics
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC99-60
- 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.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 1999-08-25
- Resolution
- GC99-60
- 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.
- Text
- 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.
Risk management education programmes
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy513
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 1989-10-14
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- BD90-02-34
- That the Canadian Medical Association actively pursue the development of education programs in risk management in cooperation with its divisions, affiliates, and other appropriate organizations.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 1989-10-14
- Resolution
- BD90-02-34
- That the Canadian Medical Association actively pursue the development of education programs in risk management in cooperation with its divisions, affiliates, and other appropriate organizations.
- Text
- That the Canadian Medical Association actively pursue the development of education programs in risk management in cooperation with its divisions, affiliates, and other appropriate organizations.
Industry support for university research programs
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy515
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 1990-05-26
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- BD90-05-215
- That the Canadian Medical Association encourage industries to make significant commitments to basic research programs in Canadian universities.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 1990-05-26
- Resolution
- BD90-05-215
- That the Canadian Medical Association encourage industries to make significant commitments to basic research programs in Canadian universities.
- Text
- That the Canadian Medical Association encourage industries to make significant commitments to basic research programs in Canadian universities.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy722
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 1990-08-23
- Topics
- Health care and patient safety
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC90-96
- The Canadian Medical Association recommends that all physicians ensure that they have the knowledge and skills necessary to provide basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 1990-08-23
- Resolution
- GC90-96
- The Canadian Medical Association recommends that all physicians ensure that they have the knowledge and skills necessary to provide basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association recommends that all physicians ensure that they have the knowledge and skills necessary to provide basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Heart disease and cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy723
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 1990-08-23
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- GC90-101
- That the Canadian Medical Association and its members support and encourage public education programs that promote healthy lifestyles, the recognition of warning symptoms and signs of heart disease, and the acquisition of manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills, recognizing that these skills are most effective when combined with a pre-hospital advanced life support system.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 1990-08-23
- Resolution
- GC90-101
- That the Canadian Medical Association and its members support and encourage public education programs that promote healthy lifestyles, the recognition of warning symptoms and signs of heart disease, and the acquisition of manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills, recognizing that these skills are most effective when combined with a pre-hospital advanced life support system.
- Text
- That the Canadian Medical Association and its members support and encourage public education programs that promote healthy lifestyles, the recognition of warning symptoms and signs of heart disease, and the acquisition of manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills, recognizing that these skills are most effective when combined with a pre-hospital advanced life support system.
Quality Daily Physical Education Program
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy725
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 1990-08-23
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- GC90-122
- That the Canadian Medical Association support the Quality Daily Physical Education Program as defined by the Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 1990-08-23
- Resolution
- GC90-122
- That the Canadian Medical Association support the Quality Daily Physical Education Program as defined by the Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation.
- Text
- That the Canadian Medical Association support the Quality Daily Physical Education Program as defined by the Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation.
Code of environmental health
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy731
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 1990-05-26
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- BD90-05-177
- That the Canadian Medical Association develop a code of environmental health that would serve as a benchmark to judge all Canadian Medical Association activities, both internal and external.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 1990-05-26
- Resolution
- BD90-05-177
- That the Canadian Medical Association develop a code of environmental health that would serve as a benchmark to judge all Canadian Medical Association activities, both internal and external.
- Text
- That the Canadian Medical Association develop a code of environmental health that would serve as a benchmark to judge all Canadian Medical Association activities, both internal and external.
Aboriginal health care
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy809
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 1990-08-23
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- GC90-93
- That the Canadian Medical Association encourage physicians to expand contacts with their local aboriginal communities, on both a community and professional level, in order to address aboriginal health care issues.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 1990-08-23
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- GC90-93
- That the Canadian Medical Association encourage physicians to expand contacts with their local aboriginal communities, on both a community and professional level, in order to address aboriginal health care issues.
- Text
- That the Canadian Medical Association encourage physicians to expand contacts with their local aboriginal communities, on both a community and professional level, in order to address aboriginal health care issues.
Aboriginal health
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy811
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 1990-08-23
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- GC90-95
- That the Canadian Medical Association take action to support aboriginal peoples in those areas of social, political and economic life that would improve the health of their communities.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 1990-08-23
- Resolution
- GC90-95
- That the Canadian Medical Association take action to support aboriginal peoples in those areas of social, political and economic life that would improve the health of their communities.
- Text
- That the Canadian Medical Association take action to support aboriginal peoples in those areas of social, political and economic life that would improve the health of their communities.
Non-Insured Health Benefits Plan and fees
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy1543
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 1998-12-05
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- BD99-05-89
- That the Canadian Medical Association examine the Health Canada's Non-Insured Health Benefits Plan's refusal to remunerate physicians for completing pre-authorization request forms.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 1998-12-05
- Resolution
- BD99-05-89
- That the Canadian Medical Association examine the Health Canada's Non-Insured Health Benefits Plan's refusal to remunerate physicians for completing pre-authorization request forms.
- Text
- That the Canadian Medical Association examine the Health Canada's Non-Insured Health Benefits Plan's refusal to remunerate physicians for completing pre-authorization request forms.
Default setting for water heaters
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy1583
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2000-12-09
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- BD01-07-78
- That the Canadian Medical Association urges provincial and territorial governments to amend existing building/plumbing codes, to require the default setting of newly installed residential hot water heating devices be set at a maximum of 49 degrees Celsius (120 Fahrenheit).
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2000-12-09
- Resolution
- BD01-07-78
- That the Canadian Medical Association urges provincial and territorial governments to amend existing building/plumbing codes, to require the default setting of newly installed residential hot water heating devices be set at a maximum of 49 degrees Celsius (120 Fahrenheit).
- Text
- That the Canadian Medical Association urges provincial and territorial governments to amend existing building/plumbing codes, to require the default setting of newly installed residential hot water heating devices be set at a maximum of 49 degrees Celsius (120 Fahrenheit).
Maskwachees Declaration on aboriginal/indigenous health
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy1584
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2000-12-09
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- BD01-07-79
- The Canadian Medical Association supports the Maskwachees Declaration in principle and requests federal and provincial/territorial governments to act in accordance with its recommendations for the promotion of physical activity, physical education, sport and recreation among Aboriginal peoples.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2000-12-09
- Resolution
- BD01-07-79
- The Canadian Medical Association supports the Maskwachees Declaration in principle and requests federal and provincial/territorial governments to act in accordance with its recommendations for the promotion of physical activity, physical education, sport and recreation among Aboriginal peoples.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association supports the Maskwachees Declaration in principle and requests federal and provincial/territorial governments to act in accordance with its recommendations for the promotion of physical activity, physical education, sport and recreation among Aboriginal peoples.
Sexual and reproductive health
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy1585
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2000-12-09
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- BD01-07-81
- That the Canadian Medical Association encourage Health Canada to develop and implement a national strategy on sexual and reproductive health.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2000-12-09
- Resolution
- BD01-07-81
- That the Canadian Medical Association encourage Health Canada to develop and implement a national strategy on sexual and reproductive health.
- Text
- That the Canadian Medical Association encourage Health Canada to develop and implement a national strategy on sexual and reproductive health.
Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Exam Part II
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy1651
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2000-12-09
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- BD01-07-85
- That the Canadian Medical Association reaffirm its support for the need for the Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Exam Part II and continue to remain neutral as to its timing.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2000-12-09
- Resolution
- BD01-07-85
- That the Canadian Medical Association reaffirm its support for the need for the Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Exam Part II and continue to remain neutral as to its timing.
- Text
- That the Canadian Medical Association reaffirm its support for the need for the Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Exam Part II and continue to remain neutral as to its timing.