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

Internet Research Project

The Carrot2 Clustering Engine

The Carrot2 Clustering Engine automatically organize small collections of documents thematic categories.
The main goal of Carrot2 Clustering Engine is to help users to better understand search results and to perform their searches more effectively using algorithms to aim at maximizing the usefulness of clusters they produce. Search results clustering is a process of organising document references returned by a search engine into a number of meaningful thematic categories

Weaknesses

• different preferences different people may have.
• algorithms' parameters (lingo of parameters)
• will be more than one "correct" solution for one data set
• Only works for more recent Windows Operating Systems

Strengths

• Searches popular search engines such as Ask, Bing, Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia, Cuil, Exalead, Entireweb, Scholar
• Lastest technology in search engines combining clustering to easily find what you're looking for
• Easy to use

http://project.carrot2.org/publications/osinski04-dimensionality.pdf

RJA #7

RJA #7a: Internet Research Tools- When it comes to internet research tools that I regularly use I only have a few that I choose from. I regularly use:

Google
Yahoo
MSN


The reasoning I use these internet research tools are that they are very quick, easy, and efficient. Another reason that I use these websites are that they are all I have ever used so out of habit I go to them and because I dont know of any better internet research tools so ignorance plays a key role. I like these tools for the same reasons I use them being the efficiency, ease of use, and the amount of time it takes to use them.

RJA #7b: Internet Research Tool Test- I used Carrot2 Clustering Engine using the keywords Canadian Health Care -U.S. Reform -Obama (advanced search, Boolean operators ('AND', NEAR, and "" through))and there were a total of 93,000,000 results and the top 100 results were 5 out of 5 regarding relevance. 10/1/09

RJA #7c: Field Research Plan- For my field research plan I intend on interviewing a nurse that now works in the Denver/metro area. She worked within the Canadian health care system for a number of years before moving to Denver to live closer to her in-laws. I intend to be finished with my field research plan by the end of October. I am only waiting on organizing all of my questions and a good time to interview her. If she isn't available to be interviewed in person due to the lack of time then I will do it over the phone although she did consent to the interview close to a month ago. The questions I have in mind at the time are to clear up some myths of the Canadian Health Care and I would like to get her honest opinion of the health system set up in Canada. Some questions I would ask her are:
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?

RJA #6

RJA #6a: Periodical Articles

-Author: Joseph S. Ross
-Article: Comparison of the US and Canadian Health Care Systems
-Periodical: A Tale of 2 Mount Sinai’s
- Volume/Issue: Vol. 300 No. 16
-Date: October 22/29, 2008


-Author: Roy Romanow
-Article: Canadian health care - Prescription for change
-Periofical: The Economist
-Volume/Issue: 365, no. 8302
-Date: 12/7/2002

-Resource Searched: Worldcat
-Keywords used: Canadian Health Care
- Date of search: 9/24/09
-Number of hits: 23,023
-Relevance of hits: 5



RJA #6b Search Strings


Canadian Health Care +System +Social lmplications -government benefits
Canada's +Health Care +Citizen's opinion
Canadian +Health Care -opinions "healthcare policy" +benfits -oboma -reform

CanadaNEARHealthcareANDissuesOR"Health Care Policy"NOTobomaNOTreform



RJA #6c Protopage

My Protopage Link

Research Journal #5

RJA #5a: Finding Reference Articles

I started by using Citizendium since it was one of the reference works listed and with that particular reference I ended up finding absolutely nothing relevent to my topic. In fact they give the % relevence and the most relevent was 7.7%. I then used Scholarpedia since it seemed to be very easy to use like wikipedia but the information being more reliable. Although it seemed to be abundant of information when I search for topic information it said there were no title matches found.


RJA #5b Books

1st Book
-Author: Pat and Hugh Armstrong
-Title: Health Care
-Published in Canada
-Name of publisher: Fernwood Publishing
- Date of Publication: 2008

2nd Book
-Author: Terrence Sullivan
-Title: First do no Harm
-Published in: Toronto, Ontario
-Name of publisher: Malcolm Lester and Associates
-Date of Publication: 2002

3rd Book
-Author: Tom McIntosh
-Title: The Governance of Health Care in Canada
-Published in: Toronto
-Name of publisher: University of Toronto Press
-Date of Publication: 2004

4th Book
-Author: Pamela Behan
-Title: Solving the Health Care Problem
-Published in: Albany, New York
-Name of Publisher: University of New York
-Date of Publication: 2006



RJA #5c

Grants Search Strings
http://gstoneeng1020.blogspot.com/2009/09/research-journal-4b-writing-search.html#comment-form

Ali's Search Strings
http://alexandria-alieng1020.blogspot.com/2009/09/research-journal-assignment-4.html#comment-form

Research Journal Assignment #4

4a Generating Keywords

Is the Canadian Health care system in the people's best interest?

FO= Canadian Health Care System, Canadian Health Care problems, Canadian Health Care association, Canadian Health Care plan, Canadian Health Care agency, Canadian Health Care issues, Canadian Health Care act, Canadian Health Care reform, Socialized Medicine, Canadian Health Care benefits.

RE/ST= Universal Health Care System, National Health Care, Reform, Canada's Health issues, Socialized Medicine

LOG Social Science---Political Science----Canadian Political Science---Health---Health Care---Canadian Health Care---Canadian Health Care System

4b Writing Search Strings

a)Canada's +Health Care +Citizen's opinion
b) Canadian +Health Care -opinions "healthcare policy" +benfits -oboma -reform
Boolean
CanadaNEARHealthcareANDissuesOR"Health Care Policy"NOTobomaNOTreformNotunited states

4c Checking Research Questions

Tyson's Research Question

Sofia's Research Question

Research Journal #3

RJA 2

Research Journal #2c

Chris's delicious account link

http://delicious.com/cdegelau


Research Journal #2b

I had many interents when it came to choosing a topic, but after much thought and elmination I narrowed it down to the Canadian Health Care System. The obvious reasons that I choose this topic is that i'm very interested in the health care field, but more importantly this topic could actually greatly affect each and every one of us. When I say greatly affect us I dont mean affect us in what type of shampoo we will be using or the type of electric car we will be driving in the future, but the actual quality of living we might experience.

Another reason I choose this topic is when it comes to how much I really know about Canada's health care its very little. I'm aware that their government controls the health care system and that's about it. My ignorance actually really excites me to learn in great depth about the health care system that one day America might adopt.

I'm actually really stimulated to learn about this topic. I want to know its flaws, advantages, and everything inbetween. My main concern for this paper is after learning in depth about my topic is being bias. I have good intentions while studying my topic with an open mind and letting it flow on paper.

Research Journal #2a

For me to choose a topic I first thought of all the topics I was interested in which you can find in my first research journal. I have to admit it was tough to find a topic that isn't too broad but yet enough information to write a twelve page paper on. Through much elimation I settled on the Canadian Health Care System for a variety of reasons.

RJA #1

My acedemic interests include but aren't limited to:

• Science classes that complement any areas of the medical field
  
  
• The financial side of health care management

• The basic philosophy courses
  


• I also have taken alot of psychology classes and im still quite interested in all areas of psychology
  


• English 1020



• Any acedemic class that will alter even slightly my perspective on life