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Indigenous people must become full partners in Canada’s health system
Opinion: Healthcare treatment isn’t being delivered equally to all people across Canada—and major work lies ahead to make that a reality
Doctors-in-training are growing extremely nervous about the lack of opportunities
Opinion: A growing number of students are finding that the expense and effort of studying to be a doctor may be in vain because they are unable to secure a residency spot
Canada’s health-care wait times hit new record high, again
Opinion: Long wait times have become the defining characteristic of Canadian health care
How bad teeth are at the root of income inequality in Canada
Anne Kingston: The glaring omission of dental care from Canadian health-care plans is both illogical and a public-health concern
Women need health and dental care to stay out of prison
A new study reveals that basic health care, both in prison and on release, is essential to ensure successful reintegration into society
Five simple ways to improve Canadian health care
Opinion: Five simple changes to how health care is provided could improve services for Canadians, say physicians-in-training
Can compassion successfully challenge the status quo on health?
Opinion: Compassion may have saved Obamacare. But in the U.S. and in Canada, there’s proof that more is needed for real healthcare change
The Charlie Gard story reveals what we won’t accept about medicine
Amid the crass politicization and the cruel false hope around the Charlie Gard case is this truth: We, as a society, refuse to grasp death
When opinion trumps evidence, public health is at risk
In an era when belief in an opinion is treated as a legitimate form of evidence, real evidence-based medicine is more important than ever