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The Canadian Medical Association continues to campaign for the adoption of a set of principles to guide the transformation of Canada’s health care system to better meet the needs of patients.
According to a recent Angus Reid poll, a vast majority of Canadians would support the principles put forward by the CMA and the Canadian Nurses Association, which are available at http://www.cma.ca/advocacy/hctprinciples. When asked whether they would encourage their premier to adopt the principles, 96% of respondents said they either strongly or somewhat agreed.
In addition to being endorsed by 60 organizations from the medical and health sectors, the principles have received public support from 14 patient groups.
The CMA hopes that the provincial premiers gathered for the Council of the Federation in Victoria January 16 and 17 adopt an approach based on these principles to build a sustainable and accountable publicly-funded health care system.
Sources: http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/905245/support-for-principles-to-guide-transformation-of-the-health-care-system-gathers-steam-as-patient-groups-sign-on
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/905697/canadians-want-premiers-to-adopt-principles-for-health-care-transformation

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