Pharmacare for children slow to gain ground in NS

Children in need of Pharmacare: medication funding requests at the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children.

OBJECTIVES Although a national Pharmacare program ensuring access to and affordability of needed medications has repeatedly been cited as a priority to policymakers, 20% of families remain either uninsured or under-insured. The Hospital for Sick Children's Patient Amenities Fund (PAF) covers out-of-pocket medication expenses for inpatient and outpatient children. The research objectives were to...

Is gainsharing starting to gain ground?

Universal Pharmacare in Canada: A Prescription for Equity in Healthcare

Despite progressive universal drug coverage and pharmaceutical policies found in other countries, Canada remains the only developed nation with a publicly funded healthcare system that does not include universal coverage for prescription drugs. In the absence of a national pharmacare plan, a province may choose to cover a specific sub-population for certain drugs. Altho...

Election 2015: new arguments for pharmacare.

©2015 8872147 Canada Inc. or its licensors CMAJ, November 17, 2015, 187(17) E483 After decades of debate without federal action, it appears the conversation about universal public drug coverage is changing. “The salience of this issue right now is arguably the highest it’s ever been,” says Steve Morgan, professor of health policy at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. “Twenty years...

domestication and foreignization in children literature translation

این پایان نامه به بررسی بومی سازی و بیگانه سازی در ادبیات کودکان مخصوصا زانر فانتزی می پردازد. در این پایان نامه ترجمه 14 کتاب داستان فانتزی برای سه گروه سنی کودکان بر اساس مدل ونوتی یعنی بومی سازی و بیگانه سازی مقاسه شدندکه در نتیجه برای سه گروه سنی از هر دو استراتزی توسط مترجمان در ترجمه کلمات فرهنگی استفاده شده است.