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In addition to asking health-care systems to prepare to end suffering of mental illness through Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), we must ask policymakers to support better lives for families.
Improving the health of people who are trans and gender diverse means improving access to family doctors who are supportive, competent and confident in providing access to gender-affirming care.
Bill C-7 has created ethical tensions between MAID providers and palliative care, between transparency and patient privacy, and between offering a dignified death rather than a dignified life.
Rural Canadians face challenges accessing mental health services, and an exodus of psychologists from the public system may make matters worse.
Ambulance response times have not always met targets, but the alarming new pinch point in our health-care system is that there are no ambulances at all available to respond to calls.
The next step in HIV prevention — long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) — is not yet available in Canada, a year after its approval in the U.S.
Canada ranks 30th out of 38 wealthy nations in supporting the mental health and well-being of children. The need to invest in and prioritize mental health for children and young people is urgent.
For people to access medical assistance in dying (MAID) requires health-care professionals willing to provide the service. The reasons health-care providers choose not to participate are important.
The mental health impact of the pandemic has not affected everyone equally. An equitable approach to mental health promotion, prevention and treatment can help ensure equitable access to services.
Pandemic-related travel restrictions and facility closures initially jeopardized access to abortions, but the pandemic has also become a catalyst for more accessible ways to deliver abortion care.
Less than half of Canadians can see their doctor same-day, and millions don’t even have a family doctor. Improving access to care means providing doctors with the support they need to focus on patients.
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Assistant Professor, School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of Public Policy, UCL
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PhD Candidate in Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria
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Assistant professor, School of Psychology, Scientist, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Lethbridge
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Associate Professor, Public Health and Alberta Innovates Research Chair, University of Lethbridge
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Research Associate - Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Lethbridge
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Assistant Professor, Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, University of British Columbia
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Clinical Ethics Fellow, Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto
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Full Professor, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Université Laval
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Post-doctoral research fellow, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor, Public Health & Social Policy; Special Advisor Health Research, Office of the Vice-President Research and Innovation, University of Victoria
