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

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
01:33:47
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
00:00 Introduction from I. MacDonald

02:00 Remarks from Beverly Deelstra

03:00 Dr. Cudmore begins speaking

04:00 Discussion of the necessity of healthcare reform

05:00 Discussion of the relation between the federal government and PEI provincial healthcare

06:00 Discussion of a 1991 task force on various issues pertaining to PEI healthcare

08:30 Discussion of the state of the taskforce as of 1993

10:30 Discussion on the nature of progress with regards to healthcare

11:00 Discussion of maintaining PEI healthcare as a social service; perceptions of healthcare

12:30 Discussion of the endorsement of primary healthcare

14:00 Discussion of provincial policy

14:30 Discussion of health goals as a measurable phenomenon

17:00 Discussion of public involvement in healthcare

18:00 Introduction to Dr. Hall's portion of the seminar

20:00 Dr. Hall begins speaking

21:30 Discussion of the differences in sense of community between PEI and the rest of Canada

23:00 Discussion of the then-existing state of PEI healthcare

24:30 Discussion of disillusionment with Canadian healthcare

26:00 Discussion of discussions among Canadians regarding healthcare

27:30 Discussion of "healthcare" vs "sickness care" systems

29:00 Discussion of the monopoly of medicine among branches of healthcare

31:30 Discussion of prescription medicine

33:00 Discussion of the ever growing nature of the "sickness care" system

35:00 Discussion of perceptions of medical science as a panacea

36:30 Discussion of the WHO and traditionally oriented health systems

39:00 Discussion of the WHO and its recommendations for national healthcare systems

42:00 Discussion of concepts developed by the Alma Ata declaration

51:00 Discussion of the universality of the Alma Ata declaration

53:00 Discussion of timelines for recommended improvements to standards of living

55:30 Discussion of differences between Newfoundland and Denmark with regards to implementation of healthcare recommendations

58:30 Introduction to the panellists

59:30 Janet Bryanston begins speaking

01:00:00 Discussion of advocacy for healthcare reform by PEI nurses

01:01:00 Discussion of perceptions of health with regards to healthcare

01:03:00 Discussion of the impacts of positive healthcare reform

01:05:00 Discussion of consumers taking control over their health

01:06:30 Introduction to Alan Buchanan

01:07:30 Alan Buchanan begins speaking

01:10:00 Discussion of Buchanan's previous experiences with healthcare

01:12:00 Discussion of the role of politicians in healthcare

01:14:30 Discussion of engaging with the public with regards to healthcare reform

01:18:30 Introduction to Herb Dickieson

01:19:30 Dickieson begins speaking

01:21:30 Discussion of politics with regards to healthcare

01:23:30 Discussion of financial limitations to healthcare

01:25:00 Discussion of efforts to fight communicable diseases in the 1930s-1950s

01:26:00 Discussion of healthcare concerns related to tobacco and alcohol use

01:28:00 Discussion of failures to meet healthcare concerns of minorities

01:30:00 Discussion of a perceived lack in proposed healthcare reforms

01:31:30 Introduction to Dr. Hambley

01:32:00 Dr. Hambley begins speaking

01:33:00 Discussion of whether doctors have a monopoly on healthcare or not