Amanda Butler, a criminologist and health researcher, said studies show most acts of violence are not committed by mentally ill people and that they are more likely to be victims of violence or of self-harm.
Smith’s United Conservative Party government has committed not to delist any current medically insured services or to having Albertans pay for services or prescriptions currently covered by medicare.
Only 8% of the country’s physician workforce serve the estimated 20% of Canadians who live in rural areas. National licensure could help, suggest results of survey by the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada.
The British Columbia Pharmacy Association has made MedSask’s Minor Ailments And Self Care Guidelines available to pharmacists in the province to help them prepare for minor ailment prescribing and contraception services.
