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“Right to Know” and Other Words That Sound Good Every year Canada joins countries from around the world in recognizing the “right of individuals to...
Are You Winning the Canadian Health Care Lottery? All across the country hospitals are facing multimillion dollar budget deficits. As the highest cost of...
In the Absence of Trust: What has happened to the doctor-patient relationship? In our current health care system the collaborative doctor-patient relationship based on trust and open...
The Search for Accountability in Canadian Health Care According to the Canadian Adverse Events Study (2004), an estimated 185,000 hospital admissions are...
The Truth Be Told About Canadian Health Care In June 2009, the Leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) of Canada, Mr. Jack Layton, travelled to...
Fear Less in Canadian Health Care What is preventing the necessary changes for improving the Canadian health care system? It is fear. Patients...
What is wrong with Canadian Health Care? Ask someone who is waiting for a test or surgery, or who cannot find a family doctor what is wrong with...
Welcome to The Patient Factor website In June 2006, I survived an adverse event in a hospital while giving birth to my daughter. In the weeks that...
Too Old for Hip Surgery Bill Murray waited in pain for more than a year to see a specialist for his arthritic hip. The specialist...
Even A 35 cm Tumor Didn’t Secure Her Care In 2006, Sylvia DeVries was gaining weight and convinced something was wrong. After doctors told her her...
World Health Organization’s Ranking of the World’s Health Systems Some people fancy all health care debates to be a case of Canadian Health Care vs. American. Not so....
Adolfo Flora: 6 Months to Live Christmas 1999, 50 year old Toronto science teacher, Adolfo Flora, was diagnosed with liver cancer –...
Hanging By A Thread Shirley Healey was diagnosed with mesenteric ischemia. The main artery to her intestines was blocked, and...
The Lindsay McCreith Story On January 2, 2006, Lindsay McCreith was suffering seizures. After waiting 7 hours in emergency, a CT scan...
