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Mercury emissions
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10184
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Health care and patient safety
- Resolution
- GC11-87
- The Canadian Medical Association actively advocates for: - reduction in mercury emissions from health care settings by progressively replacing its use, - promotion of health care sector leadership in the global reduction of mercury emissions, - promotion of the adoption of healthy public policies with regard to mercury.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Resolution
- GC11-87
- The Canadian Medical Association actively advocates for: - reduction in mercury emissions from health care settings by progressively replacing its use, - promotion of health care sector leadership in the global reduction of mercury emissions, - promotion of the adoption of healthy public policies with regard to mercury.
Smoking cessation interventions
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10192
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Health care and patient safety
- Resolution
- GC11-68
- The Canadian Medical Association supports development of a national training initiative for health care providers that targets smoking cessation interventions for people with serious mental illness.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Resolution
- GC11-68
- The Canadian Medical Association supports development of a national training initiative for health care providers that targets smoking cessation interventions for people with serious mental illness.
Pets on airplanes
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10193
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Health care and patient safety
- Resolution
- GC11-80
- The Canadian Medical Association recommends a ban on all pets, except for certified service animals, travelling inside the aircraft cabin on all Canadian passenger planes.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Resolution
- GC11-80
- The Canadian Medical Association recommends a ban on all pets, except for certified service animals, travelling inside the aircraft cabin on all Canadian passenger planes.
Timely access to hospitalization in Canada
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10201
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Health care and patient safety
- Resolution
- GC11-91
- The Canadian Medical Association supports timely access to hospitalization in Canada for Canadians who have become ill or been injured while travelling outside Canada.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Resolution
- GC11-91
- The Canadian Medical Association supports timely access to hospitalization in Canada for Canadians who have become ill or been injured while travelling outside Canada.
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Health care and patient safety
- Resolution
- GC11-81
- The Canadian Medical Association will educate and advise the profession and the public on methods of cellphone operation that will minimize radio frequency penetration to the brain.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-08-24
- Resolution
- GC11-81
- The Canadian Medical Association will educate and advise the profession and the public on methods of cellphone operation that will minimize radio frequency penetration to the brain.
Joint Policy Statement: Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights and Realities and Access to Services for First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10261
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-05-28
- Topics
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Health care and patient safety
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- BD11-05-157
- The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) endorses the Joint Policy Statement: Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights and Realities and Access to Services for First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada as outlined in Appendix A to BD 11-113.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2018-03-03
- Date
- 2011-05-28
- Topics
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Health care and patient safety
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- BD11-05-157
- The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) endorses the Joint Policy Statement: Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights and Realities and Access to Services for First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada as outlined in Appendix A to BD 11-113.
Breastfeeding and HIV
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy737
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1992-08-19
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Health care and patient safety
- Resolution
- GC92-34
- Where safe alternatives exist, breast feeding should be avoided by mothers at high risk for HIV [human immunodeficiency virus] infection and by those known to be infected.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1992-08-19
- Resolution
- GC92-34
- Where safe alternatives exist, breast feeding should be avoided by mothers at high risk for HIV [human immunodeficiency virus] infection and by those known to be infected.
Treatment of alcohol dependence
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy789
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1976-06-25
- Topics
- Health care and patient safety
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- GC76-33
- Be it resolved that this association stress the value of active participation by the medical profession in all aspects of treatment of alcohol dependence and misuse.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1976-06-25
- Resolution
- GC76-33
- Be it resolved that this association stress the value of active participation by the medical profession in all aspects of treatment of alcohol dependence and misuse.
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
- 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.
Nutrition Labelling: CMA's Presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10085
- Date
- 2011-03-03
- Topics
- Health care and patient safety
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
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