Will hospital closures mean physician unemployment in Ontario?

نویسنده

  • C Gray
چکیده

Dr. Duncan Sinclair, the former dean of medicine who heads the commission charged with restructuring Ontario's health care system, said something dramatic was needed to revamp the system. He wasn't kidding. His commission recently called for the closure of 3 hospitals in Ottawa and 10 more in Toronto. In a wideranging interview with Charlotte Gray he talks about the commission's goals and their potential impact on physicians.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne

دوره 156 11  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1997