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  1.                             ┌──────────────────┐
  2.                             │ ISSUES DISCUSSED │
  3.                             └──────────────────┘
  4.  HEALTHY CHOICES
  5.  Canada's Health Care System                        <01health -budget>
  6.  Consumer choice about treatments covered           <01health -consumers>
  7.  Surgical procedures, which should get funding?     <01health -procedures>
  8.  Physicians, are there too many?                    <01health -new doctors>
  9.  User fees and emergency visits                     <01health -after-hours>
  10.  National health objectives, do we need them?       <01health -objectives>
  11.  Sickness prevention                                <01health -sickness>
  12.  
  13.  THE MECHANISM OF MEDICINE
  14.  Health care and the Constitution                   <03health -Consti>
  15.  Health care and the provinces                      <03health -sole>
  16.  
  17.  TO CATCH A SWEDE
  18.  ParticipAction's success story                     <04health -started>
  19.  Canadians, living longer                           <04health -generally>
  20.  Canadians, life expectancy                         <04health -vary>
  21.  Canadians, smoking less                            <04health -nutshell>
  22.  Canadians, drinking statistics                     <04health -alcohol>
  23.  Canadians, accident statistics                     <04health -accident>
  24.  Canadians, eating habits                           <04health -kitchen>
  25.  
  26.  TOO MANY, TOO FAST, TOO MUCH?
  27.  Physicians, are they driving health costs up?      <06health -driving>
  28.  Physicians, say they're political scapegoats       <06health -scape>
  29.  Walk-In Clinics                                    <06health -first>
  30.  Docs in a Box                                      <06health -docs>
  31.  Physicians, oversupply                             <06health -over>
  32.  Physicians, payments to                            <06health -soared>
  33.  Revolving door medicine                            <06health -revolving>
  34.  Physicians, revolving door                         <06health -revolving>
  35.  Unnecessary services                               <06health -unnecess>
  36.  Fee-for-service                                    <06health -opposed>
  37.  Physicians, salary                                 <06health -salary>
  38.  Physicians, how should they be paid?               <06health -alternative>
  39.  
  40.  TAKE TWO MINUTES AND DON'T CALL ME IN THE MORNING
  41.  Treatment, more people seeking it                  <08health -across>
  42.  Colds, cost of treatment                           <08health -treating>
  43.  Consumer choice about treatments covered           <08health -Medicaid>
  44.  Coronary bypass, many not necessary                <08health -coronary>
  45.  Educated patient, how to become one                <08health -educated>
  46.  Physician, challenging advice                      <08health -challenge>
  47.  Interactive video for patients             <08health -video>
  48.  
  49.  THE CHROMIUM CAGE
  50.  Medical technology, not fully evaluated        <10health -estimates>
  51.  Medical technology, no government review of 95%    <10health -review>
  52.  Drugs, spending on                                 <10health -soared>
  53.  Magnetic resonance imaging, costs of            <10health -magnetic>
  54.  Medical technology, marketing of            <10health -marketing>
  55.  X-ray enhancing liquids                <10health -liquids>
  56.  Lithotripters, cost of                 <10health -litho>
  57.  Medical technology, testing of             <10health -bureau>
  58.  Tissue plaminogen activator                <10health -tissue>
  59.  
  60.  THE NATIONAL HEALTH - UNDER THE WEATHER, UNDER THE GUN
  61.  National Health, the delay                <12health -current>
  62.  National Health, history of                <12health -medicare>
  63.  Britain, National Health                <12health -medicare>
  64.  National Health, critics of                <12health -critics>
  65.  National Health and Margaret Thatcher              <12health -Thatcher>
  66.  National Health, changes in                        <12health -April>
  67.  National Health and self-governing trusts          <12health -self-gov>
  68.  
  69.  THE U.S. - DOES THE PRESCRIPTION NEED CHANGING?
  70.  U.S. health care, change needed?                   <13health -surveys>
  71.  U.S. health care, skyrocketing premiums            <13health -premium>
  72.  U.S. health care and lack of insurance             <13health -no heal>
  73.  U.S. health care, cost of                          <13health -basic>
  74.  Canada's health care system, too expensive?        <13health -disruptive>
  75.  Pepper Commission                                  <13health -Pepper>
  76.  U.S. health care, task forces looking into         <13health -task forces>
  77.  Physicians for a National Health Care              <13health -Steffie>
  78.  U.S. health care reform, Gallup poll               <13health -Gallup>
  79.  Services Employees International Union             <13health -mushy>
  80.  
  81.  USER PAY, USER WAIT
  82.  Canada's health system compared to U.S.           <14health>
  83.  U.S. health care response to money                <14health -clink>
  84.  Texas Heart Institute                             <14health -concern>
  85.  U.S. health care, lack of insurance               <14health -no health>
  86.  Harvard study on heart disease victim wait        <14health -Harvard>
  87.  Canada's health system costs relative to U.S.     <14health -Evans>
  88.  U.S. health care, amount of red tape              <14health -account>
  89.  
  90.  
  91.  THE RICH MAN, THE EYE AND THE NEEDLE
  92.  Gimbel Eye Centre                                  <15health -Gimbel>
  93.  Gimbel, Howard                                     <15health -Howard>
  94.  Seventh Day Adventist                              <15health -Seventh>
  95.  
  96.  FAMILY FINANCES
  97.  Physicians, family practise                        <16health>
  98.  Family practise, income from                       <16health -grosses>
  99.  Family practise, costs of                          <16health -cost>
  100.  
  101.  THE RURAL ROUTE
  102.  Physicians, rural practises                        <17health -village>
  103.  Rural practises and residents                      <17health -undergrad>
  104.  Rural practises, incentives                        <17health -program>
  105.  
  106.  GOOD HELP IS HARD TO FIND
  107.  Health care specialists, shortage of               <18health>
  108.  Radiation therapy technologists, shortage of       <18health -world-wide>
  109.  Technologists, shortage of                         <18health -skilled par>
  110.  Technologists, Canada raids U.K                    <18health -Zeal>
  111.  Technologists, U.S. raiding Canada                 <18health -raids>
  112.  Technologists, shortage of and backlog caused      <18health -Princess>
  113.  Perfusionists, shortage of                         <18health -heart-lung>
  114.  Technologists, job opportunities                   <18health -job op>
  115.  Technologists, why shortages?                      <18health -cite>
  116.  
  117.  THE CINDERELLA SYNDROME
  118.  Nurses, roles change with time and place           <19health>
  119.  Nurses, in North                                   <19health -Tuktoy>
  120.  Nurses, as second-class citizen                    <19health -second>
  121.  Nurses, relation to health care costs              <19health -mounts>
  122.  Physicians, relationship to nurses                 <19health -gods>
  123.  Nurses, day-night treatment of                     <19health -night-and>
  124.  Nurses, giving them more responsibility            <19health -solid>
  125.  Nurses, study of compared to doctors               <19health -Spitzer>
  126.  Nurses, as replacements for general practioners    <19health -Stoddart>
  127.  Nurse practioner, history of                       <19health -scene>
  128.  
  129.  CRITICAL RESEARCH ON THE CRITICAL LIST
  130.  Research funding being cut                         <20health>
  131.  Tsui, Lap-Chee                                     <20health -Tsui>
  132.  Riordan, Jack                                      <20health -Riordan>
  133.  Cystic fibrosis, gene responsible for discovered   <20health -gene>
  134.  Research, underfunded                              <20health -chronic>
  135.  Researchers, demoralized                           <20health -demoral>
  136.  Research, infrastructure crumbling                 <20health -strapped>
  137.  Research, funding disjointed                       <20health -disjoint>
  138.  Research, funding misspent                         <20health -discrep>
  139.  Research, funding track record of Mulroney         <20health -Mulron>
  140.  Research, funding realtive to GNP                  <20health -GNP>
  141.  Research, recommendations for increased funding    <20health -councils>
  142.  Research, cuts to funding                          <20health -lopped>
  143.  Research, who gets the money?                      <20health -peer>
  144.  Research, corporate funding                        <20health -fosters>
  145.  
  146.  MEDICAL MILESTONES
  147.  Medical discoveries in Canada                      <22health>
  148.  Banting and Best                                   <22health -Banting>
  149.  Insulin                                            <22health -insulin>
  150.  Sir William Osler                                  <22health -Osler>
  151.  Pablum                                             <22health -Pablum>
  152.  Heparin                                            <22health -Heparin>
  153.  Bethune, Norman                                    <22health -Bethune>
  154.  Electron microscope                                <22health -electron>
  155.  Penfield, Wilder                                   <22health -Penfield>
  156.  Barr Body                                          <22health -Barr>
  157.  Barr, Murray                                       <22health -Barr>
  158.  Curare                                             <22health -Curare>
  159.  Hypothermia                                        <22health -hypother>
  160.  Vinca Alkaloids                                    <22health -vinca>
  161.  Noble, Robert                                      <22health -Noble>
  162.  Cardiac Pacemaker                                  <22health -pacemaker>
  163.  Endocrine hormones                                 <22health -endocrine>
  164.  Collip, J.B.                                       <22health -Collip>
  165.  Blue Baby Operation                                <22health -blue baby>
  166.  Mustard, Bill                                      <22health -Mustard>
  167.  Lung transplants                                   <22health -lung trans>
  168.  Pearson, F.G.                                      <22health -Pearson>
  169.  Cooper, Joel                                       <22health -Joel
  170.  Genetics                                           <22health -genetics>
  171.  Worton, Ronald                                     <22health -Worton>
  172.  Ray, Peter                                         <22health -Ray>
  173.  
  174.  HAMILTON'S HUMANITARIAN HEALTH
  175.  McMaster University's medical school, its approach <24health -phil>
  176.  Hoskins, Eric                                      <24health -Hoskins>
  177.  McMaster University, entrance requirements         <24health -premedical>
  178.  McMaster University, are its doctors different?    <24health -ter-trained>
  179.  
  180.  MENTAL HEALTH ON HOLD
  181.  Mental health treatment takes a backseat           <25health>
  182.  Mental health treatment, the waiting list          <25health -countless>
  183.  Mental health, few treatment choices               <25health -few>
  184.  Mental health, Ontario health plan                 <25health -Ontario>
  185.  Mental health, Alberta treatment                   <25health -Alberta>
  186.  Child psychiatrist shortage                        <25health -frustration>
  187.  Mental health, adolescent crime                    <25health -crime>
  188.  Mental health, Reaching for Solutions              <25health -reaching>
  189.  Reaching for Solutions                             <25health -reaching>
  190.  Children First                                     <25health -ren Fir>
  191.  Mental health, Children First                      <25health -ren Fir>
  192.  Mental health, British Columbia                    <25health -British>
  193.  
  194.  THE HOLISTIC HUSTLE
  195.  Holistic medicine bunk but popular                 <26health>
  196.  Total Health '91                                   <26health -Total>
  197.  Holistic medicine, its scope                       <26health -focus>
  198.  Holistic medicine and fraud                        <26health -fraud>
  199.  Holistic medicine, popularity                      <26health -fringes>
  200.  Holistic medicine, Canada Health Monitor poll      <26health -poll>
  201.  Holistic medicine, on increase                     <26health -Stewart>
  202.  Holistic medicine, why popular                     <26health -Ohlhauser>
  203.  Holistic medicine, remedies dangerous, useless     <26health -Loma>
  204.  Holistic medicine, iridology                       <26health -iridol>
  205.  Holistic medicine, homeopathy                      <26health -homeopathy>
  206.  Jensen, Bernard                                    <26health -Jensen>
  207.  Holistic medicine, energy medicine                 <26health -electric>
  208.  Hanswille, Gerhard                                 <26health -Hanswille>
  209.  Roy, Leo                                           <26health -Leo>
  210.  Bricker, Trudy                                     <26health -Bricker>
  211.  Roland, David                                      <26health -Rowland>
  212.  Donsbach, Kurt                                     <26health -Donsbach>
  213.  
  214.  HEALTH CARE AND POVERTY
  215.  Poverty, and health care                           <28health>
  216.  Poverty, Tommy Douglas                             <28health -Douglas>
  217.  Medical Care Insurance Act                         <28health -chain>
  218.  Poverty, infant mortality                          <28health -mortality>
  219.  Poverty, suicide                                   <28health -suicide>
  220.  Poverty, prenatal classes                          <28health -prenatal>
  221.  Poverty, cancers cardiovacular diseases            <28health -cardio>
  222.  Poverty, social aspects of health                  <28health -vaccinate>
  223.  Poverty, Ontario health strategy                   <28health -Rae>
  224.  Poverty, Canadian programs                         <28health -health gap>
  225.  Poverty, native health                             <28health -tuber>
  226.  
  227.  NORTHERN CARE
  228.  Northern Canada, nursing stations                  <29health -nursing>
  229.  Northern Canada, health record                     <29health -abysmal>
  230.  Northern Canada, housing and health                <29health -ventil>
  231.  Northern Canada, smoking                           <29health -epidemic>
  232.  Northern Canada, heart disease                     <29health -heart>
  233.  Northern Canada, healers                           <29health -aboriginal>
  234.  
  235.  THE GREYING OF HEALTH CARE
  236.  Elderly, health care                               <30health>
  237.  Elderly, healing at home                           <30health -blind>
  238.  Elderly, Statistics Canada figures                 <30health -stat>
  239.  Elderly, cost of health care                       <30health -expensive>
  240.  Elderly, instituitionalization                     <30health -unbearable>
  241.  Elderly, Victoria Health Project                   <30health -ia Heal>
  242.  Elderly, Wellness Centres                          <30health -wellness>
  243.  
  244.