For the last 40 years British Columbia has pursued a general policy of deinstitutionalizing patients from its one large psychiatric hospital, Riverview Hospital (RVH), to a variety of alternative, community-based living and care-giving arrangements. Th is policy has not unfolded in a systematic, linear fashion, but rather it has been punctuated by interruptions and delays as policy makers and m...

This is a case study describing how climate change may affect the health of British Columbians and to suggest a way forward to promote health and policy research, and adaptation to these changes. After reviewing the limited evidence of the impacts of climate change on human health we have developed five principles to guide the development of research and policy to better predict future impacts ...

Labor market participation rates of German and British females have risen during the last decades, whereas participation rates of males declined or remained stable. Nevertheless between the countries, di erences in aggregate gender speci c participation rates remain. Both countries di er with respect to economic development, labor market institutions, and the framework of the welfare system. Pa...