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Canadian Patient Fights for Freedom: That’s right, I’m back! It’s been a long time since I’ve written anything to post here. I suppose, like patient advocates before me,...
Parents Erring on the Side of Caution: Vaccine Marketing and Informed Consent, Part II The questions I raised about Public Health’s grade 6 school-based immunization program led me down an...
Parents Erring on the Side of Caution: Vaccine Marketing and Informed Consent, Part I After glancing over the immunization package my daughter brought home from school a number of questions...
5 Questions Patients Need to Ask About Unnecessary Care and Choosing Wisely Canada When I first heard about the report Unnecessary Care in Canada, I thought it was an April Fools’ joke....
Surviving Canadian Medicare: Why Patients Must Fight for Freedom Not Funding Back in 1962, Saskatchewan patients and doctors rose up to defend their individual freedom against...
Universal Health Care and We the Patients Since my youth I have heard politicians glorify universal health care. They say it’s a system based on...
Health Care Doesn’t Grow on Trees: Access Based on Need and Ability to Pay We all know that health care doesn’t grow on trees. Falsely advertising Medicare as providing access...
Toronto Zoo Provides Patient-Centered Care A western lowland gorilla has his primary health care team at the Toronto Zoo to thank for finding him the...
Canadian Hospitals and the Political Circus of Public Health Care Overflowing emergency rooms, bed shortages, and hallway nursing are the norm in Canadian hospitals. Patients...
When Improving Your Health Changes Your Life: A Canadian Champ Shares Her Story Looking at her chiseled body it’s hard to believe that Melina Perron was once obese. Seven years ago...
Physician-Assisted Suicide Unmasked I don’t know why pain and suffering are part of our human condition. I do know that as individuals...
Time for Private MRIs in Saskatchewan I’ve invested a great deal of time and money into my health. I try to buy more fruits and vegetables...
The Unholy Alliance between Organized Medicine and Government: A Father’s Quest for Truth and Justice in Public Health Care The Kilby family had just lost an angel from their lives and unanswered questions about their...
Health Care Going to the Dogs as Alberta Judge Denies Charter Challenge Residents in Alberta can purchase private health insurance for medical services for their dogs, but it...
Socialized Medicine and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms The room is filled with law students. I take a seat at one of the long tables. Today’s public...
