RJA 14

Bibliography:

Armstrong, Pat and Hugh. Health Care. Winnipeg: Fernwood, 2008. Print.

Gratzer, David. "The Ugly Truth About Canadian Healthcare." The Manhattan Institute, Summer 2007. Web. 4 Nov. 2009. .

Hackett, Rhonda. "Debunking Canadian health care myths." The Denver Post. Rhonda Hackett of Castle Rock, 7 June 2009. Web. 4 Nov. 2009.

McIntosh, Tom. The Romanow Papers Volumes 1-3. New York: University of Toronto, 2004. Print.

Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. 5 Nov. 2009. Web. 29 Oct. 2009.

Robinson, Sara. "10 Myths About Canadian Health Care, Busted." 10 Myths About Canadian Health Care. Tom Paine, 5 Feb. 2008. Web. 4 Nov. 2009. .

Sullivan, Terrence James. First do no harm making sense of Canadian health reform. Vancouver: UBC, 2003. Print.

RJA 13

13a Field Research Report

I haven't gathered all the necessary information for my field research, but I will be using a website (http://www.i2i.org/main/page.php?page_id=2770 ) that Professor Clark suggested to ask my field research questions such as:

1) Are the waits to recieve care on average very long (I know cases are always different) compared to the U.S.?
2) Are there a large shortage of supplies, doctors, or health care providers?
3) In all honesty what were some of the major flaws of the Canadian Health Care system?
4) Which system would you prefer to work for (The U.S. or Canadian)
5) Which system do you think is best overall?

I would prefer to ask someone on this website for my field research because these people are real experts in the field and they conduct meetings that will include doctors and other Canadian healthcare experts, as well as REAL patients in Canada who are dealing directly with the Canadian healthcare system.


B--- Bibliography

Works Cited
Armstrong, Pat and Hugh. Health Care. Winnipeg: Fernwood, 2008. Print.
Gratzer, David. "The Ugly Truth About Canadian Healthcare." The Manhattan Institute,Summer 2007. Web. 4 Nov. 2009. .
Hackett, Rhonda. "Debunking Canadian health care myths." The Denver Post. Rhonda Hackett of Castle Rock, 7 June 2009. Web. 4 Nov. 2009.
McIntosh, Tom. The Romanow Papers Volumes 1-3. New York: University of Toronto, 2004. Print.
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. 5 Nov. 2009. Web. 29 Oct. 2009.
Robinson, Sara. "10 Myths About Canadian Health Care, Busted." 10 Myths About Canadian Health Care. Tom Paine, 5 Feb. 2008. Web. 4 Nov. 2009. .
Sullivan, Terrence James. First do no harm making sense of Canadian health reform. Vancouver: UBC, 2003. Print.

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Of Course with the formatting that Blogspot uses I can't do the correct spacing in my Bibliography.

RJA 12

Research Journal Assignment 12a-- Progress Report

(1)
I've made pretty good progress with my argumentative paper. So far I have completed my outline, I finished my presentation on Monday night (November 9th), I have found some great graphs to use as visual aids, and I have since been playing around with my introduction as well as gathering more information to include in my rough draft. I started my rough draft using my formal outline which was much easier than starting it from scratch.

(2)
I still need to invest a lot more time to finish my paper. I will still need to compose most of the paper as I already have it outlined. I need more information to meet the length requirement and I need a great supporting conclusion.

B-- Presentation Plan

For my presentation I plan on starting out with how the Canadian health care system started out, but I plan on be very brief with the origin. I would then like to talk about the costs of the Canada's health care and I intend on comparing a lot the information I present to the United States. I am not doing the argumentation paper on the health care debate in the U.S., but I am using the United States for comparison because my audience is more familiar with the healthcare they use. I then want to end my presentation strong restating my views on the Canadian Health Care.

C-- Introduction Check

John's
Justino's

RJA #11

RJA #11

RJA 11 A-- Introduction-- A worldwide controversy that greatly affects a persons life, not just an issue that could change what type of car you'll be driving or not being able to purchase marijuana, but an issue that will greatly affect the quality of your life and the lives of others and the length or your life. The controversial apsect of healthcare.

B Visual Aids

1) Rate of deaths preventable by health care in a bar graph of nations
2) Expense of health care per capita spending
3) Average wait times and cost for a procedure in each nations health care system
4) Bar graph of life expectancy in Canada and the U.S.
5) Infant mortality per 1,000 births in Canada and the United States---bar graph

C Thesis Statement Check

Melissa's

Alexandria's

RJA #10

RJA 10A
Thesis Statement

My research question: Is the Canadian Health Care System better than other foriegn countries (The U.S. in particular)

Claim: Canada has a better health care system

Reasons:
Life expectancy is longer
Infant mortality is lower
Per capita spending is much lower

Thesis Statement: The Canadian Health Care system is set up in such a way that can be beneficial to everyone in almost every aspect. It could easily be implemented in a variety of economies in various countries.

10B

My claim is that Canada has better health care for a variety of reasons including:

Live expectancy is longer
Infant mortality is lower
Per capita spending is much lower
Everyone has the opprotunity to receive health care

FORMAL OUTLINE

I. Government involvement

A. The history of government involvement
i. 20th century
ii. The beginning of government involvement
iii. Saskatchewan Hospitalization Act
iv. Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act
v. British North America Act
B. The Canada Health Act
a. What it entails
b. Who founded it
c. How it was established
C. Canada's regionally based Medicare systems
II. Coverage and access
A. Difference in provinces
B. Consumer Reports
C. EMTALA
III Wait times
A. Difference in provinces
B. Statistics
IV Price of health care
A. Medical professionals
B. Drugs
i. Cheaper in Canada by 40%
ii. Hospitals vs. prescriptions
C. Technology
D. Ancillary expenses
E. Malpractice
i. Lawsuits in U.S. compared to Canada
ii. Medical spending
V Health care outcomes
A. Heart attacks
B. Cancer
C. Racial and ethnic differences
VI Impact on economy
A. Corporates’ bottom lines
B. Labor costs
VII Flexibility
A. Job lock (anti)
B. 2009 Canadian federal budget
VIII Politics of health
A. Private care
B. Consumer driven health care

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Sorry that the outline doesn't look good. The format wouldn't let be use tabs.

RJA 9

Technorati

RJA #9: Evaluation of Sources

1) canadian-healthcare.org was a source of quick facts for my research topic. It was clear and easy to find information, but the information that it contained was very broad and simplistic. There is a small chance that I would use this website as a source on my argumentative paper, but I would probably just use this information mainly for general knowledge that I can capitalize to get more in-depth research.

2) "The Canadian Healthcare System: The Future of American Healthcare?" is a periodical article that I found here at the Auraria Library. This article covered many great issues such as the development of the Canadian healthcare system; organization and financing; healthcare delivery issues; expenditures for physicians' services, and regulation of physician supply. My citation format would be in MLA and would present itself such as:

LeBien, Laurent "The Canadian healthcare system: The future of American healthcare?." Hospital Topics 74.3 (1996): 25. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 15 Oct. 2009.

3) As I was searching periodical articles at the library I came across one that really caught my eye. It was called "Current trends and future directions for the Canadian healthcare system" and had really good information on the structure of healthcare in Canada, trends in health expenditures, and policies designed to enhance the access to healthcare services. The MLA citation for this article would be:

Coyte, Peter C. "Current Trends and Future Directions for the Canadian Healthcare System." Economic Affairs. 21. 4 (2001): 24-27.

4) I checked out the book "About Canada" months ago and was able to easily learn about Canada's method of health care. This book was full of information, but I mainly concentrated on the first five chapters on how Canada got the Canada Health Care Act and what it all entailed. The MLA citation for this book would appear such as:

Armstrong, Pat/Hugh. Health Care. Ontonio: Halifax Fernwood, 2008. Print.

5) Another book that caught my attention was "Wasting away: the undermining of Canadian health care" so like the last book I checked it out weeks ago to get a firmer grasp of my topic. As I read it the style was such as the last book, but it took awhile before I noticed that it was the same exact authors just an older book with slightly different information. I learned the development of Canadian Health Care; Who provides the care: The institutions; Who pays; Who decides; and who wins and who loses. The citation pertaining to this book looks like:

Citation added: Pat, Armstrong,. Wasting away the undermining of Canadian health care. Toronto: Oxford UP, 1996. Print.

6) The article "Pushing Right against the Evidence: Turbulent Times for Canadian Health Care." also grabbing my attention because of the opposite stance that it take had good topics like the debate over the direction of the country's health care reform. They believe the Canadian medical care system needs to be reformed. They also mention different societal issues related to health care reform. The MLA citation appeared:

Kenny N, and R Chafe. "Pushing Right against the Evidence: Turbulent Times for Canadian Health Care." The Hastings Center Report. 37. 5 (2007).

RJA 8

RJA #8a: Websites

Alltheweb.com
Canadian Health Care
October 9 2009
9,843,000
4

Find.com
Canada's Health Care
October 9 2008
didn't say
5



RJA #8b: Social Media


Resource searched: Google Blog Search
-Keywords used: *Canadian Health Care, Debate, Socialized Medicine
-I used the boolean operator for my search.
-Date: 10/9/09
-Number of hits: 36,000
-Relevancy of hits: 4

Resource Searched: Blogpulse
-Keywords used: *Canadian Health Care, Universal Health Care, Debate
-I used the boolean operator for my search
-Date: 10/9/09
-Number of hits: 41
-Relevancy of hits: 4



RJA #8c: Multimedia


videosurf.com
Canadian Health Care
270 hits
10/9/09
5

Blinkx.com-
Canadian Health Care System
I used the boolean search strategy
10/9/09
277,000
4