Search Resources (English): Health services

Examines rural women's experiences of maternity care in the context of health care restructuring and regionalization. (See Details)

Discusses refugee life in Canada, particularly as a cultural determinant of health, and health services for diverse populations. (See Details)

Focuses on the issues of inclusion, diversity, and social justice in the health care system. Argues that the current health care system is deeply gendered, raced, and classed. Highlights the impact of violence and racism on health and well-being and compares different models of culturally appropriate health care services. (See Details)

Explains how to get medical services in Canada, how to apply for a provincial health insurance card, which medical services are and are not covered by Medicare, and what to do when visiting or moving to another province. (See Details)

Provides a snapshot of wait times for various health conditions, including waits in the five priority areas set by First Ministers (cancer, cardiac, joint replacement, sight restoration and diagnostic imaging). (See Details)

Examines the lack of health care services in rural communities, as well as the lack of female physicans interested in rural medicine. (See Details)

Provides an overview of the situation in Quebec that focuses on the changes that have occurred in the health and social services network since the early 1990s.

Provides tools through which health and social security agencies and practitioners can assess and correct the heterosexist bias in their programs and activities. (See Details)

Looks at managed care systems and highlights innovations attributed to them. (See Details)

Presents the results of a national consultation between five national organization to draw up a list of national priority health services and policy research themes. (See Details)