"One should not imagine that it is possible to wait many more years before correcting the course, because the hour is critical. The longer decisions are delayed, the more difficult it will be to steer the ship back on course. Would it not be better to make the appropriate decisions while there is still time?"
This book is the result of a personal and professional journey. After having practiced general medicine in private practice and hospitals in Quebec for more than 20 years, Dr. Martin Moisan shares his observations with us. He concludes that the Canadian healthcare system will drift further and further off course unless significant changes are brought about.
The author describes some of the problems facing modern medicine presently. He highlights the fact that medical science, in spite of its expertise in emergency situations and its merits in extending life expectancy, has arrived at a point where it must face itself and its inability to view a human being as a global entity.
This book also suggests possible solutions. The author mentions that it would be more than desirable to implement acupuncture as a therapeutic modality in hospital environments in order to offer a more optimal level of care.
1.1 : The Current Canadian Healthcare System
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1.2 : The Situation in Quebec
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1.2.1 : Overcrowded Emergency Rooms
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1.2.2 : Quantity before Quality
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1.2.3 : An Exhausted Medical Staff
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1.2.4 : The Advent of Private Clinics in General Medicine
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1.2.5 : The Financial Abyss
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1.2.6 : The Public Debt
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1.2.7 : The ideological Drift
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2.1 : The Specificity of Modern Medicine
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2.2 : The Line Between Survival and Non-Survival
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2.3 : The Main Unease and Difficulties of Modern Medicine
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2.3.1 : A Purely Rational Approach
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2.3.2 : Forgetting that Symptoms Are Also our Friends
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2.3.3 : The Disregard for the Body's Energy Network
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2.3.4 : The Separation Between Body and Counsciousness
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2.3.5 : The Disconnection from an Emotional and Physical Sensivity
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2.4 : The Doctor-Patient Relationship
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3.1 : The Situation in Canada
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3.2 : The Limitations of Studies
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3.3 : The Limitations of the Medication Approach
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3.4 : Antidepressants and Anxiolytics
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3.4.1 : The Patients Targeted
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3.4.2 : Statistics and Studies
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3.4.3 : Questions to Consider
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3.4.4 : The Impact on Heavy Emotions and Fears
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3.4.5 : The Impact on the Vitality of the Physical Body
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3.5 : Medications for the Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction
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4.1 : Integrated Care in the Hospital Environment
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4.1.1 : Acupuncture
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4.1.2 : Shortening Hospital Stays
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4.1.3 : Specific Medical Activities
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4.1.4 : The Main Obstacles
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4.2 : Words to Redifine
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4.2.1 : The Symptoms
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4.2.2 : Illness
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4.2.3 : Healing
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4.2.4 : Health
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4.3 : Autonomy
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4.3.1 : Prevention
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4.3.2 : The Individual at the Core of the Healthcare System
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4.3.3 : Creating One's Own Medical Record
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4.4 : To be in a Depressive Phase (No Longer in a Depression!)
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4.5 : Resistance to Change
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4.6 : Reuniting that which Is Separated
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4.7 : The Elderly
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4.8 : Therapeutic Touch
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5.1 : The French Model
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5.2 : Computerizatin of the Network
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5.3 : Starting by Helping Oneself
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5.4 : Being in Better Health Collectively
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5.4.1 : Enlarging the Prevention Model
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5.4.2 : The Scientific Attitude
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5.4.3 : A Matter of Choice
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5.5 : The Committee for the Advancement of Acupuncture
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5.6 : Research
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5.7 : Alternatives Ressources in Mental Health
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5.8 : Education Programs for the Population and Healthcare Workers
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5.9 : Programs for Elderly
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5.10 : Closing the Gap Between Whites and Aboriginal Communities
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CONCLUSION
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EPILOGUE
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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