Health care reform on Prince Edward Island : finding a sustainable system pt. 2

Audio file
Date Recorded
1993-04-19
Date Digitized
2024
Genre
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Physical Location
Original cassette held by UPEI Archives and Special Collections
Duration
00:43:11
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
00:00 Continuation of discussion from end of part 1; discussion of underfunding of healthcare in Canada

02:00 Discussion of elder healthcare; discussion of if there is capacity to provide for every patients need

03:00 Discussion of the wellness model of healthcare

04:00 Beginning of question period

05:30 Question regarding the economics of healthcare; question regarding risks associated with lifestyle

09:00 Comment regarding the costs of providing healthcare for elderly people

10:00 Question to Dr. Hall regarding the Alma Ata accord with regards to Canadian healthcare

13:00 Comment regarding the role of the individual in healthcare; overprescription of medication

17:30 Further discussion regarding the role of the individual in healthcare

18:00 Comment regarding the community's responsibility for healthcare; further discussion of equal access to healthcare

20:30 Comment regarding the notion of healthcare being a system in crisis; waitlists for surgery, allocation of resources

24:00 Comment regarding the prerequisites for healthcare reform

27:30 Discussion of "wrong decisions" that have been made with regards to healthcare

29:30 Comment to Dr. Cudmore regarding what will happen to existing healthcare infrastructure

34:30 Question to Dr. Hall and Buchanan regarding the commodification of healthcare, medical hierarchies

40:00 Comment regarding fitness and physical wellbeing

42:30 Conclusion of seminar