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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Canadian Health Care"”.
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Exploring the Integration Experiences of Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) within the Canadian Health Care System
… nursing demands in Canada continues. Current Canadian research that examines IENs’ experience as they integrate into their workplaces is scarce. With an increasingly diverse Canadian and patient population due to rising immigration trends, a workforce that addresses the needs of the diverse …
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UNDERSTANDING HEALTH LITERACY REGARDING THE CANADIAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM UPON SETTLEMENT OF ISMAILI MUSLIM CANADIANS: A NARRATIVE STUDY
Health literacy is an individual's ability to read, understand, and use health care information to make informed health decisions for treatment (Kwan, Frankish, & Rootman, 2006). Health literacy studies worldwide have increased dramatically within the past decade in response to concerns about the …
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TQM implementation in health care : a proposed framework
… sector. However, public institutions such as Canadian hospitals have also been jumping on the TQM bandwagon to battle organizational inefficiencies and shrinking government budgets. The purpose of this research is to advance research already conducted in the Canadian health care industry with …
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Navigating the Empty Spaces of Care: A Feminist Political Economy Analysis of the Care Experiences and Work Practices of Women Living with Cancer
… from an acute to chronic illness. Within the Canadian health care system, there has been increasing policy acknowledgment of and support for a culture change in care that promotes a stronger chronic care agenda and yet the Canadian health care system continues to operate within a predominantly …
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The Safety and Cost-Effectiveness of Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting in Calgary
… analysis from the perspective of the Canadian health care system was performed comparing stenting to endarterectomy using a decision analytic model. A prospective cohort study was done for trans cranial Doppler monitoring during stenting procedures. Findings were correlated with …
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Is SABR cost-effective in oligometastatic cancer? An economic analysis of SABR-COMET randomized trial
… and overall survival compared to standard of care (SoC). SABR, however, is associated with higher costs and treatment-related toxicity. The objective of this study was to assess the cost-effectiveness of SABR versus SoC in patients with oligometastatic disease. A time-dependent Markov model …
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An investigation of older Korean immigrants' perspectives on accessing primary health care
Accessibility is a key tenet of the Canadian health care system. As many older persons, age 60 years and older, are managing ongoing chronic health conditions as part of their everyday lives, issues of access to health services are particularly important. Vancouver has a substantial number of older …
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The Criminalisation of Adverse Medical Events in Criminal Negligence Cases: Exploring Fate, Agency, and Pragmatism in the Construction of Blame for Alleged Physician Negligence
… British case of Bawa-Garba v. R. (2016) and the Canadian case of R. v. Javanmardi (2019) are analysed using thematic analysis. It is concluded that the majority of the Supreme Court of Canada in Javanmardi constructed the AME within the realm of fate, contrasting the minority in Javanmardi and …
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Realizing the Right to Health Care in Canada
… and domestic laws increasingly recognize health rights; international law clearly recognizes a right to health that includes health care entitlements and approximately 69% of domestic constitutions include a right to health care. Recognition of a positive right to health care has been …
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Negotiating and Constructing Place: African Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Experiences Seeking Reproductive Health Information, Services and Support
… refugee women face disproportionate reproductive health risks and adverse outcomes compared with the Canadian population. The diversity of African women and complexity of the migration process suggest the need for contextualized knowledge to better understand these challenges. I sought such …
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Telemonitoring for Patients with Complex Chronic Conditions in Nurse-led Integrated Care
… (CCC) represent a significant challenge to the Canadian health care system. The heterogeneity of patients with complex and multi-morbid conditions does not align with current models of care delivery. The system of health care delivery in Canada is built on a foundation which continues to be …
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Inequality in Access to, and Utilization of, Health Care - The Case of African American and Non-Hispanic White Males
… (1) the accessibility, and (2) the predictors of health care services utilization among African American and non-Hispanic White males, 18 to 65 years old in the United States. Using ANOVA procedure in comparing the means for use of physicians, hospitals, doctors, and difficulty obtaining care, …
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“We Are Bridging That Gap”: Insights from Indigenous Hospital Liaisons for Improving Health Care for Indigenous Patients in Alberta
… Indigenous Hospital Liaisons working in Alberta Health Services hospitals to improve health care for Indigenous patients. Indigenous people in Canada often encounter difficulties and obstacles when accessing health care. Previous studies have described the negative experiences that many …