"ADVERSE EVENTS" - PREVENTABLE MEDICAL ERRORS

Hi, my name is Giovanna, I live in Vancouver B.C. and want to make a documentary on "Preventable Medical Errors in Hospitals." If there are any of you out there who have suffered an adverse event in a Canadian or American hospital, a Care Facility,...

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A BITTER PILL - How the Medical System Is Failing the Elderly

A BITTER PILL: How the Medical System Is Failing the Elderly By: John Sloan MD An investigation into why the health care system does not work for old people who are in fragile health and what we can do about it Medical treatment of elderly...

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Ability4Life

Help for our aging parents: Welcome to Ability4Life. Illness and aging are dynamic and ever-changing – as are people. Nira Rittenberg, Occupational Therapist Baycrest Centre for Geriatrics The lives of family caregivers and those we care for...

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Alan Cassels

AlanCassels.com - Where Media and Medicine Meet Alan Cassels is a drug policy researcher affiliated with the School of Health Information Sciences at the University of Victoria. He has worked on a variety of research and evaluation studies for the...

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BC Coalition of People with Disabilities - BCCPD

Welcome to BCCPD Our Voice in the Community For over 30 years, the BC Coalition of People with Disabilities (BCCPD) has been a provincial, cross-disability voice in British Columbia. Our mission is to support people, regardless of their...

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Breast Cancer Mailing List

An Online Community for Information and Support Since the spring of 1994, the Breast Cancer List has been available on the Internet for women and men who have breast cancer, their families and friends, medical and other caregivers, researchers,...

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Canadian Association for People-Centred Health - CAPCH

Founded in October 2005, the CAPCH was an idea in the making since 2000. Vaughan Glover and Randy Atwater originally conceived the ideas behind developing a clear vision for a ‘people-centred’ healthcare system. The development of that vision is...

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Canadian Health Coalition

The Canadian Health Coalition is a public advocacy organization dedicated to the preservation and improvement of Medicare. Our membership is comprised of national organizations representing nurses, health care workers, seniors, churches,...

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Canadian Institute for Health Information - CIHI

The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) is an independent, not-for-profit organization that provides essential information on Canada’s health system and the health of Canadians. We’re funded by federal, provincial and territorial...

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Canadian Patient Coalition

The Canadian Patient Coalition was created at the recommendation of patients, families and caregivers attending the first Canadian Patient Summit held in Toronto in March 2010. In 2014, healthcare in Canada is going to change. The original Canada...

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