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Accredited standards for the management of life-limiting chronic disease
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11636
- Date
- 2015-08-26
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Resolution
- GC15-38
- The Canadian Medical Association supports the development and application of accredited standards for the integration of a palliative care approach into the management of life-limiting chronic disease.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Date
- 2015-08-26
- Resolution
- GC15-38
- The Canadian Medical Association supports the development and application of accredited standards for the integration of a palliative care approach into the management of life-limiting chronic disease.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association supports the development and application of accredited standards for the integration of a palliative care approach into the management of life-limiting chronic disease.
Environmental stewardship
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy8936
- Last Reviewed
- 2014-03-01
- Date
- 2007-08-22
- Topics
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Health human resources
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- GC07-74
- The Canadian Medical Association will respond to the challenge for a clean environment (air, water, soil, climate change) by encouraging: a. physicians to become spokespersons for environmental stewardship, including the discussion of these issues when appropriate with patients; b. the medical community to work with health care facilities to adopt and implement policies aimed at reducing or recycling waste in a safe and properly prescribed manner; c. physicians to adopt "green" measures in their practice environments and personal lifestyles; d. medical schools, residency programs and continuing medical education sessions to enhance their provision of educational programs on health and the environment; and e. the development of evidence-based information on health and environment issues.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2014-03-01
- Date
- 2007-08-22
- Topics
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Health human resources
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- GC07-74
- The Canadian Medical Association will respond to the challenge for a clean environment (air, water, soil, climate change) by encouraging: a. physicians to become spokespersons for environmental stewardship, including the discussion of these issues when appropriate with patients; b. the medical community to work with health care facilities to adopt and implement policies aimed at reducing or recycling waste in a safe and properly prescribed manner; c. physicians to adopt "green" measures in their practice environments and personal lifestyles; d. medical schools, residency programs and continuing medical education sessions to enhance their provision of educational programs on health and the environment; and e. the development of evidence-based information on health and environment issues.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association will respond to the challenge for a clean environment (air, water, soil, climate change) by encouraging: a. physicians to become spokespersons for environmental stewardship, including the discussion of these issues when appropriate with patients; b. the medical community to work with health care facilities to adopt and implement policies aimed at reducing or recycling waste in a safe and properly prescribed manner; c. physicians to adopt "green" measures in their practice environments and personal lifestyles; d. medical schools, residency programs and continuing medical education sessions to enhance their provision of educational programs on health and the environment; and e. the development of evidence-based information on health and environment issues.
The environment and tax incentives
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy8888
- Last Reviewed
- 2014-03-01
- Date
- 2007-08-22
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC07-71
- The Canadian Medical Association calls on the federal government to provide funding and/or tax incentives to assist the health care sector and health care professionals to adopt more environmentally sensitive practices.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2014-03-01
- Date
- 2007-08-22
- Resolution
- GC07-71
- The Canadian Medical Association calls on the federal government to provide funding and/or tax incentives to assist the health care sector and health care professionals to adopt more environmentally sensitive practices.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association calls on the federal government to provide funding and/or tax incentives to assist the health care sector and health care professionals to adopt more environmentally sensitive practices.
Increased education and training in end- of-life care for community health care workers
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11610
- Date
- 2015-08-26
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Resolution
- GC15-34
- The Canadian Medical Association encourages increased education and training in end- of-life care for community health care workers.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Date
- 2015-08-26
- Resolution
- GC15-34
- The Canadian Medical Association encourages increased education and training in end- of-life care for community health care workers.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association encourages increased education and training in end- of-life care for community health care workers.
The medical profession’s critical role in supporting immunization
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11643
- Date
- 2015-08-26
- Topics
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- GC15-63
- The Canadian Medical Association will provide information and tools to physicians to promote the medical profession’s critical role in supporting immunization.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Date
- 2015-08-26
- Resolution
- GC15-63
- The Canadian Medical Association will provide information and tools to physicians to promote the medical profession’s critical role in supporting immunization.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association will provide information and tools to physicians to promote the medical profession’s critical role in supporting immunization.
Physician engagement in palliative care
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11748
- Date
- 2015-05-30
- Topics
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- BD15-06-209
- The Canadian Medical Association adopts, in principle, the recommendations for physician engagement in palliative care as set out in the report, Palliative Care: CMA National Call to Action as outlined in Appendix A to EX 15-21, as amended.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Date
- 2015-05-30
- Resolution
- BD15-06-209
- The Canadian Medical Association adopts, in principle, the recommendations for physician engagement in palliative care as set out in the report, Palliative Care: CMA National Call to Action as outlined in Appendix A to EX 15-21, as amended.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association adopts, in principle, the recommendations for physician engagement in palliative care as set out in the report, Palliative Care: CMA National Call to Action as outlined in Appendix A to EX 15-21, as amended.
Putting Patients First: Patient-Centred Collaborative Care - A Discussion Paper
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy8863
- Last Reviewed
- 2014-03-01
- Date
- 2007-08-22
- Topics
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- GC07-34
- The Canadian Medical Association endorses the strategic policy directions outlined in the CMA document Putting Patients First: Patient-Centred Collaborative Care - A Discussion Paper as necessary elements of any collaborative care team.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2014-03-01
- Date
- 2007-08-22
- Resolution
- GC07-34
- The Canadian Medical Association endorses the strategic policy directions outlined in the CMA document Putting Patients First: Patient-Centred Collaborative Care - A Discussion Paper as necessary elements of any collaborative care team.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association endorses the strategic policy directions outlined in the CMA document Putting Patients First: Patient-Centred Collaborative Care - A Discussion Paper as necessary elements of any collaborative care team.
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11739
- Date
- 2015-05-30
- Topics
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- BD15-06-232
- The Canadian Medical Association acknowledges the completion of the important work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and the importance of recognizing and not forgetting the terrible impact that the residential school system has had and, as a consequence of ongoing intergenerational trauma, continues to have on the health of many First Nations, Inuit and Metis People of Canada.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Date
- 2015-05-30
- Resolution
- BD15-06-232
- The Canadian Medical Association acknowledges the completion of the important work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and the importance of recognizing and not forgetting the terrible impact that the residential school system has had and, as a consequence of ongoing intergenerational trauma, continues to have on the health of many First Nations, Inuit and Metis People of Canada.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association acknowledges the completion of the important work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and the importance of recognizing and not forgetting the terrible impact that the residential school system has had and, as a consequence of ongoing intergenerational trauma, continues to have on the health of many First Nations, Inuit and Metis People of Canada.