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Trading away health? : globalization and health policy : report from the 14th Annual Health Policy Conference of the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, November 9, 2001 Ostry, Aleck S.; Cardiff, K. (Karen), 1953-

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"Canadians are slowly becoming aware that the international agreements now being negotiated to govern trade in services could have massive and irreversible effects on their health care system. The overarching objective of "trade liberalization" motivating these agreements includes a quite specific and deliberate agenda of reducing the role of government, and extending that of private commercial activity in all sectors, including the provision of health care. The objective of this Conference was to provide participants with an overview of the key provisions of the various agreements NAFTA, GATS, FTAA currently in place or under negotiation. Speakers reviewed evidence to date on the impact of these agreements in areas related to health, and identified potential future risks to the Canadian health care system." -CHSPR website

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Title
Trading away health? : globalization and health policy : report from the 14th Annual Health Policy Conference of the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, November 9, 2001
Alternate Title
HPRU 02:10D
Creator
Ostry, Aleck S.; Cardiff, K. (Karen), 1953-
Contributor
University of British Columbia. Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
Publisher
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR)
Date Issued
2002-10
Description
"Canadians are slowly becoming aware that the international agreements now being negotiated to govern trade in services could have massive and irreversible effects on their health care system. The overarching objective of "trade liberalization" motivating these agreements includes a quite specific and deliberate agenda of reducing the role of government, and extending that of private commercial activity in all sectors, including the provision of health care. The objective of this Conference was to provide participants with an overview of the key provisions of the various agreements NAFTA, GATS, FTAA currently in place or under negotiation. Speakers reviewed evidence to date on the impact of these agreements in areas related to health, and identified potential future risks to the Canadian health care system." -CHSPR website
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Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2014-08-29
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada
DOI
10.14288/1.0048356
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/50269
Affiliation
Health Care and Epidemiology, Department of; Non UBC; Medicine, Faculty of; Population and Public Health (SPPH), School of
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/
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