| DAY ONE
November 21: The Changing Nature of Health Care |
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Borderline health care: How
the U.S. health care plan stacks up against our own, by Web One.
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Home and away: An ER physician's frontline
experience in Canada and Nepal. Launch |
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For the 40 million Americans without health
care insurance, getting medical attention is often a matter
of jockeying through a system which was designed for profit. Christopher
Grosskurth reports on CBC Radio One World Report. [Real
Audio runs 1:44] |
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On Newsworld Morning, Lisa Taylor talks to Victor
Rodwin, professor of health policy and management at New York University,
about comparisons between Canada's and Britain's health care
systems.
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Video runs 4:06] |
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CBC TV's Richard Madan reports on a growing concern:
poor health care access for Manitoba's large aboriginal population.
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Video runs 2:32] |
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When is a doctor not a doctor?
Foreign born, foreign trained and not practising medicine. Is the
solution to the doctor crisis right in front of our eyes? On CBC Radio
One's Sounds Like Canada.
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Audio runs 10:08] |
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Watch out for falling myths. American medicine
is not just for the rich. Christopher Grosskurth compares our system
with theirs. You decide which is better. On The World at Six.
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Audio runs 7:14] |
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Drugs Online: Thousands of Americans
are turning north to get cheap prescription drugs. The practice has
caught the attention of government watchdogs on both sides of the
border, worried about the growing trend. Jo Lynn Sheane reports for
CBC TV's Canada Now.
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Video runs 2:30] |
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Global Care: Lessons learned
from around the world on how to shape our health care system. By examining
care and treatment in Moscow, Paris and Washington, how does Canada
rank? On CBC TV's The National.
Michel Cormier reports
from Moscow. [Real
Video runs 3:13]
Guy Gendron reports from Paris.
[Real
Video runs 3:30]
Adrienne Arsenault reports from Washington.
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Video runs 4:05] |
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Delay, delay, delay: One patient's
patience is tried. By News Online. Launch
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Behind the scenes: Photogallery of a day
in the life of a hospital. Launch
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Aboriginal communities have special
challenges when it comes to access to medical care. Brooks Decillia
reports on CBC Radio's World Report. [Real
Audio runs 1:31]
Longer version on The World This Weekend [Real
Audio runs 7:35] |
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Just how quickly should patients be treated
and where? The debate is going on in Alberta where more rural
hospitals are being shut down. Myrnam, Alberta, is one of the towns.
Kim Trynacity reports on CBC TV's Saturday Report [Real
Video runs 2:18] |
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Romanow recommendations: CBC
TV's Saturday Report's Ben Chin interviews Michael Decter, chair of
the Canadian Institute for Health Information and Dr. Larry Ohlhauser,
head of the implementation team for the Mazankowski report. [Real
Video runs 9:00] |
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An illustrated view: Canada's
editorial cartoonists on health care reform, by News Online. Launch
Gallery |
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Hospital horror stories: Accidental deaths.
News Online’s Martin O’Malley Launch |
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American hospitals have been poaching
Canadian medical professionals for years. Why do they leave?
Is the grass that much greener? Derek Stoffel reports, on CBC Radio's
The World Report.
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Audio runs 1:29] |
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Why is getting medical treatment such
a puzzle? The twists and turns of a universal health care
system. On CBC Radio One's Sunday Edition. [Real
Audio runs 31:29] |
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Finding a doctor isn't as easy as it used
to be. Derek Stoffel explains why Canadian schools can't
produce enough medical professionals. On CBC Radio One's The World
This Weekend. [Real
Audio runs 8:44] |
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Report Advancer: Christina Lawand
looks at what to expect in Romanow's report. On CBC TV's Sunday Report.
[Real
Video runs 2:57] |
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Lynda Calvert reports on the long wait:
Waiting lists across the country are long and getting longer. What
quality of life do Canadians have while waiting for care? On CBC TV's
Sunday Report.
[Real
Video runs 2:18] |
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Betting on health care: Are hospital
lotteries a legitimate way to raise funds? By CBC Radio3. Launch
Flash Movie |
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How well do public and private systems
respond to the challenges of modern medicine? Justin Hayward
reports on CBC Radio One's World Report. [Real
Audio runs 1:34] |
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When going private is better than nothing:
Kimberly, British Columbia, does what's necessary to keep its hospital.
[Real
Audio runs 8:01]
And The Virtual Patient, Part One: Doctors across
the country are quizzed about treating two patients with different
conditions. Where are the prospects for treatment and cure best? On
CBC Radio One's The Current.
Part One: [Real
Audio runs 3:16]
Part Two: [Real
Audio runs 4:03]
Part Three: [Real
Audio runs 3:34] |
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CBC TV's Christopher Thomas reports on the challenges
to the health care system caused by the growing number of private
for-profit MRI clinics in Canada. [Real
Video runs 5:47] |
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Some businesses are investing in programs to prevent
sickness on the job. CBC TV's Belle Puri reports.
[Real
Video runs 2:44] |
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Cam MacIntosh reports for CBC TV on Alberta,
at the forefront of the push for private, for-profit, health care.
[Real
Video runs 2:02] |
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Is profit bad? Maureen Taylor
looks at the role of private care in Canada. On CBC TV's Canada Now.
[Real
Video runs 2:24] |
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Some people swear by private medical care:
Others are offended by the very idea. Is there a role for private,
profit-based medicine in Canada? Justin Hayward reports on CBC Radio
One's The World at Six. [Real
Audio runs 6:39] |
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The price of privatization: Private
health-care companies flourish in Vancouver. CBC TV's Kelly McCLughan
reports for The National.
[Real
Video runs 11:44] |
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The Romanoh! A satirical
look at the imminent release of the Romanow Report, in the style of
Dr. Seuss. A Flash animation by ArtsCanada. Launch
Flash Movie |
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The Saskatchewan doctors strike, then and now:
A backgrounder by News Online. Launch |
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Change resistant: It seems everyone
except doctors is in favour of reforming primary medical care. Greg
Rasmussen asks who is actually resisting change and why? On CBC Radio
One's World Report.
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Audio runs 1:38] |
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Compassion, Cost and Conflict:
When the bottom line means no care, what's a person to do? On CBC
Radio One's The Current at 8:30 a.m. with host Anna Maria Tremonti.
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Audio runs 5:17] |
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CBC TV's Christopher Thomas reports on nurse
practitioners. Are they the solution to the staffing shortage
in health care?
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Video runs 5:50] |
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CBC Radio's Greg Rasmussen looks at obstacles
to change in Canada's health care system on the World at
Six.
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Audio runs 5:23] |
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Maureen Taylor examines the attitudes
of younger versus older doctors on CBC TV's Canada Now.
[Real
Video runs 2:34] |
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On As It Happens Mary Lou Finlay talks to Brian
Lee Crowley of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies about his
criticism of Roy Romanow. [Real
Audio runs 7:36] |
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Northern care: Remote communities
struggle to give and get care. Rick Boguski reports on CBC TV's The
National.
[Real
Video runs 15:12] |
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The cost of getting sick: A shopping list,
by News Online
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Medicare eats a lot of money.
But is more needed to fix the system? Brad Clark reports on CBC Radio
One's World Report.
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Audio runs 1:31] |
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Host Anna Maria Tremonti interviews doctors
about accountability on CBC Radio One's The Current.
[Real
Audio runs 15:42]
And The Virtual Patient: Where are the prospects
for treatment best if you need a hip replacement?
Part
One: [Real
Audio runs 2:43]
Part Two: [Real
Audio runs 3:41]
Part Three: [Real
Audio runs 2:41] |
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Money and the hard cases: A frontline
view of medical care and mental illness. On CBC Radio One's Sounds
Like Canada. With host Kevin Sylvester.
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Audio runs 20:42] |
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Are we getting value for the health dollars
we spend? CBC TV's Jim Nunn reports.
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Video runs 3:28] |
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CBC TV's Jennifer MacDonald looks at private MRI
clinics.
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A tale of two doctors: A brother
in Brantford and a sister in Texas are worlds apart. A documentary report
by Derek Stoffel on CBC Radio One's The World at Six.
[Real
Audio runs 12:23] |
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What to expect in the Romanow Report:
Christina Lawand has a preview on CBC TV's Canada Now. [Real
Video runs 2:16] |
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Palliative care: Terry Reith
has the story of an Alberta man who's trying to die at home. On Newsworld's
Health Matters with host Norma Lee MacLeod. [Real
Video runs 5:54] |
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Romanow and Beyond: What makes
this report different from any other examination into the health care
system? A documentary report by Leslie MacKinnon on CBC TV's The National.
[Real
Video runs 14:41] |
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Even before the report is out,
the debate about who pays for what is underway. CBC TV's Eric Sorensen
reports for The National.
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Video runs 2:50] |
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The Class of '62: CBC News:Sunday catches up with
the a class of graduating nurses forty years later
who talk about the highs and lows of the Medicare system. Launch |
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