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Access to results of government-funded research

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10863

Last Reviewed: 2020-02-29

Date: 2013-08-21

Topics: Health information and e-health; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC13-64; The Canadian Medical Association supports timely public access and transparency to the results of and information from government-funded research.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2020-02-29

Date: 2013-08-21

Topics: Health information and e-health; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC13-64; The Canadian Medical Association supports timely public access and transparency to the results of and information from government-funded research.

All-terrain vehicles

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy719

Last Reviewed: 2014-03-01

Date: 1989-08-23

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Population health/ health equity/ public health

Resolution: GC89-46; That the Canadian Medical Association recommend: a) that the federal departments of transport and consumer and corporate affairs enact legislation for the purpose of setting national safety standards for all-terrain vehicles, b) that provincial governments be urged to review and strengthen regulations related to the use of all-terrain vehicles, c) that provincial governments be urged to introduce a specific driver's licence category for all-terrain vehicle drivers; such licence would require demonstrating competence in handling the vehicle.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2014-03-01

Date: 1989-08-23

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Population health/ health equity/ public health

Resolution: GC89-46; That the Canadian Medical Association recommend: a) that the federal departments of transport and consumer and corporate affairs enact legislation for the purpose of setting national safety standards for all-terrain vehicles, b) that provincial governments be urged to review and strengthen regulations related to the use of all-terrain vehicles, c) that provincial governments be urged to introduce a specific driver's licence category for all-terrain vehicle drivers; such licence would require demonstrating competence in handling the vehicle.

Antibiotics for agricultural use

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10916

Last Reviewed: 2020-02-29

Date: 2013-08-21

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Pharmaceuticals/ prescribing/ cannabis/ marijuana/ drugs

Resolution: GC13-99; The Canadian Medical Association recommends that the Food and Drugs Act and its regulations be amended to close the "own use" provision for the unmanaged importation of antibiotics for agricultural use.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2020-02-29

Date: 2013-08-21

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Pharmaceuticals/ prescribing/ cannabis/ marijuana/ drugs

Resolution: GC13-99; The Canadian Medical Association recommends that the Food and Drugs Act and its regulations be amended to close the "own use" provision for the unmanaged importation of antibiotics for agricultural use.

Antibiotics for use in food animals

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10913

Last Reviewed: 2020-02-29

Date: 2013-08-21

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Pharmaceuticals/ prescribing/ cannabis/ marijuana/ drugs

Resolution: GC13-97; The Canadian Medical Association supports the development of a national system to identify and report the identities and quantities of antibiotics acquired domestically or imported for use in food animals.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2020-02-29

Date: 2013-08-21

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Pharmaceuticals/ prescribing/ cannabis/ marijuana/ drugs

Resolution: GC13-97; The Canadian Medical Association supports the development of a national system to identify and report the identities and quantities of antibiotics acquired domestically or imported for use in food animals.

Assessing risk for violence in persons with mental illness

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10859

Last Reviewed: 2020-02-29

Date: 2013-08-21

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC13-40; The Canadian Medical Association will make recommendations regarding training in and the use of standardized processes for assessing risk for violence in persons with mental illness.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2020-02-29

Date: 2013-08-21

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC13-40; The Canadian Medical Association will make recommendations regarding training in and the use of standardized processes for assessing risk for violence in persons with mental illness.

Breast-feeding mothers

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy1748

Last Reviewed: 2020-02-29

Date: 1983-10-01

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC83-30; Be it resolved that the Canadian Medical Association recommend that breast-feeding mothers consult their physician two weeks post partum especially if they are breast-feeding for the first time; and be it further resolved that the CMA support: a) the provision of a physical environment in maternity units favourable to the initiation and continuation of successful breast-feeding; and b) the adoption of measures to facilitate the continuation of breast-feeding for women working outside the home.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2020-02-29

Date: 1983-10-01

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC83-30; Be it resolved that the Canadian Medical Association recommend that breast-feeding mothers consult their physician two weeks post partum especially if they are breast-feeding for the first time; and be it further resolved that the CMA support: a) the provision of a physical environment in maternity units favourable to the initiation and continuation of successful breast-feeding; and b) the adoption of measures to facilitate the continuation of breast-feeding for women working outside the home.

Campaigns to prevent fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10915

Date: 2013-08-21

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC13-98; The Canadian Medical Association supports campaigns to prevent fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Aboriginal communities in Canada.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2013-08-21

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC13-98; The Canadian Medical Association supports campaigns to prevent fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Aboriginal communities in Canada.

Disaster management planning in hospitals

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10882

Last Reviewed: 2020-02-29

Date: 2013-08-21

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC13-84; The Canadian Medical Association calls for biennial testing of disaster management planning in hospitals.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2020-02-29

Date: 2013-08-21

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC13-84; The Canadian Medical Association calls for biennial testing of disaster management planning in hospitals.

Energy drinks

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10899

Last Reviewed: 2020-02-29

Date: 2013-08-21

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC13-93; The Canadian Medical Association supports a ban on the sale of energy drinks to Canadians younger than the legal drinking age in their jurisdiction.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2020-02-29

Date: 2013-08-21

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC13-93; The Canadian Medical Association supports a ban on the sale of energy drinks to Canadians younger than the legal drinking age in their jurisdiction.

Exposure to bisphenol A

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10870

Date: 2013-08-21

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC13-61; The Canadian Medical Association will advocate for legislation to protect Canadians from continued exposure to bisphenol A.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Date: 2013-08-21

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC13-61; The Canadian Medical Association will advocate for legislation to protect Canadians from continued exposure to bisphenol A.

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