Publication type:
Conference / Meeting Proceedings
Agency:
Vancouver Women's Health Collective
Summary:
Speaking notes for Caryn Duncan for a public meeting on Pharmacare, in September of 2001. The speech concentrates on patient's rights, barriers women face to accessing health care, possible cuts to drug coverage under BC's Pharmacare program, and the problems this will cause for single mothers, women with disabilities, poor women, and senior women.
Keywords:
Vancouver Women's Health Collective (VWHC); Caryn Duncan; Pharmacare; funding cuts; cutbacks; access to services; access to treatment; women and health; women's health; gender-based analysis; patient's rights; workshop; HIV/AIDS; women with HIV/AIDS; gender inequality; poverty; women with disabilities; seniors; health care