{"title":"Abuse policies for healthcare institutions.","authors":"C Kohm, M J McNally, J Tiivel","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Few hospitals have standard approaches to recognizing and treating victims of abuse. When staff at the Toronto Hospital realized they had no guidelines for handling such cases, they formed a task force to research the issue. The result was a set of policies and procedures which clearly outline the duties of staff who suspect abuse and, at the same time, make clear the hospital's role in addressing this serious issue.</p>","PeriodicalId":79679,"journal":{"name":"Leadership in health services = Leadership dans les services de sante","volume":"5 5","pages":"36-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21033402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CHOICE for Edmonton's elderly.","authors":"P Gaudet","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79679,"journal":{"name":"Leadership in health services = Leadership dans les services de sante","volume":"5 5","pages":"40-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21033405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond demand: the case for an integrated, needs-based approach to health system funding.","authors":"W Young, G Pink, T Closson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79679,"journal":{"name":"Leadership in health services = Leadership dans les services de sante","volume":"5 5","pages":"10-2, 16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21033396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Illness and healing: images of cancer by Robert Pope.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Leadership's articles usually adopt a manager's perspective on the healthcare system. It is a system, however, whose purpose is to serve Canadians who are injured, ill and, sometimes, dying. After he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, artist Robert Pope painted striking images on his experience with illness and healing. In this issue Leadership shares some of these images with our readers, reminding us all of the personal experience at the centre of a system concerned with the health of human beings.</p>","PeriodicalId":79679,"journal":{"name":"Leadership in health services = Leadership dans les services de sante","volume":"5 5","pages":"24-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21033399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Riding the care path wave: a focus on collaboration at a community hospital.","authors":"S Kearns, J Payne","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79679,"journal":{"name":"Leadership in health services = Leadership dans les services de sante","volume":"5 5","pages":"17-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21033406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Promoting multiculturalism in healthcare on a zero budget.","authors":"S Grewal, V Butler","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>When a B.C. health commission proposed strategies for promoting cultural awareness in healthcare, members of one hospital staff took up the challenge. With no budget and in addition to their regular duties, they researched and developed practical tools for healthcare workers in the midst of Victoria's diverse community.</p>","PeriodicalId":79679,"journal":{"name":"Leadership in health services = Leadership dans les services de sante","volume":"5 5","pages":"13-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21033397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Health in Action.","authors":"C Lowe, P Hodges","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79679,"journal":{"name":"Leadership in health services = Leadership dans les services de sante","volume":"5 4","pages":"39-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21030775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Legal developments in healthcare.","authors":"D J Holubitsky","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two recent judgments by the Supreme Court of Canada limit the liability of doctors and hospitals. One decision confirmed that the contract between a physician and patient is primarily for provision of a service, not the sale of goods. The other held that the manufacturer of a highly technical product is responsible for informing the ultimate consumer of its product's risks. It is a risk physicians may not be able to assume on the manufacturer's behalf.</p>","PeriodicalId":79679,"journal":{"name":"Leadership in health services = Leadership dans les services de sante","volume":"5 4","pages":"30-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21030774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond the hype: thinking about the information highway.","authors":"U Franklin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79679,"journal":{"name":"Leadership in health services = Leadership dans les services de sante","volume":"5 4","pages":"14-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21032173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reform of the Quebec healthcare system.","authors":"J A Nadeau","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article briefly describes issues surrounding the reform process in Quebec and discusses its major thrusts--regionalization, definition of healthcare objectives, strengthening frontline services and greater use of outpatient services--and their effect on institutions which must above all come to terms with the reduction of the provincial deficit. Fewer human resources, longer waiting periods, institutional autonomy and the creation of integrated networks are some of the issues of current concern to the Quebec healthcare community.</p>","PeriodicalId":79679,"journal":{"name":"Leadership in health services = Leadership dans les services de sante","volume":"5 4","pages":"8-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21030781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}