“Doing something about poverty, through a guaranteed annual income, for example, is probably the single thing that would make the biggest difference to the health of Canadians. One of my patients’ health fell apart when her asthma worsened from poor housing conditions. That woman is not really sick with asthma — she’s sick with poverty. As physicians we see the negative impact of poverty on the health of our patients every day. We should be at the front of the parade to try to reduce poverty in Canada.” - Danielle Martin, Assistant professor in U of T’s Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
Posted on: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 15:55:17 +0000