PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE A mighty force for change
<p class="p1">Over the past few months, there have been a number of important historical events that have drawn our attention:</p><ul><li>A new Canadian government promoting a health agenda promising to improve access to home care, produce a national prescription dr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pappin Communications
2016-04-01
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| Series: | Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal |
| Online Access: | https://canadianoncologynursingjournal.com/index.php/conj/article/view/667 |
| Summary: | <p class="p1">Over the past few months, there have been a number of important historical events that have drawn our attention:</p><ul><li>A new Canadian government promoting a health agenda promising to improve access to home care, produce a national prescription drug plan, improve access to mental health services, and develop a strategy for healthy aging. </li><li>Recent federal legislation that offers Canadians the right to choose medically assisted death, yet lingering concerns remain that our system of palliative care might not be optimal and may further marginalize already vulnerable individuals.</li><li>Renewed attention on recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2015), which emphasizes the deeply interconnected health and social disparities of our Indigenous peoples and factors that have led to their vulnerability, such as racialization, colonization and poverty to name a few.</li><li>Health ministers’ meeting to explore and make a plan to break down structural and political silos that prevent optimal health of all Canadians. </li></ul> |
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| ISSN: | 1181-912X 2368-8076 |