Better Now (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Danielle Martin | knygos.lt

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DR. DANIELLE MARTIN see the challenges in our health care system every day. As a family doctor and a hospital vice president, she observes how those deficiencies adversely affect patients. And as a health policy expert, she knows how to close those gaps. A passionate believer in the value of fairness that underpins the Canadian health care system, Dr. Martin is on a mission to improve medicare. In Better Now, she shows how bold fixes are both achievable and affordable. Her patients stories and her own family s experiences illustrate the evidence she presents about what works best to improve health care for all.
Better Now outlines Six Big Ideas to bolster Canada s health care system. Each one is centred on a typical Canadian patient, making it clear how close to home these issues strike.
. Ensure every Canadian has regular access to a family doctor or other primary care provider
. Bring prescription drugs under medicare
. Reduce unnecessary tests and interventions
. Reorganize health care delivery to reduce wait times and improve quality
. Implement a basic income guarantee to alleviate poverty, which is a major threat to health
. Scale up successful local innovations to a national level
Passionate, accessible, and authoritative, Dr. Martin is a fervent supporter of the best of medicare and a persuasive critic of what needs fixing."