CMAJ Editorial: Parking-centred health care

Blogger's Note: 

the professional responses, in general, were not patient-friendly, rather system-friendly which indicates an ongoing disparity between those that give (care) and those that receive (care) and the public reality of the unrecognized, still, costs of healthcare.

 

Link to article - CMAJ

References

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   Hospital parking charges. Edinburgh (UK): The Scottish Government; 2008. Available: www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2008/09/02091611 (accessed 2011 Nov. 2).
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   Free hospital parking under way. BBC News 2008 Apr. 1. Available: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7323027.stm (accessed 2011 Nov. 2).
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   Canada Health Act 1985, c. C-6. Available: http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-6/page-2.html (accessed 2011 Nov. 2).
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   Hospital parking charges to stay, government says. BBC News 2010 Sept. 16. Available: www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11327653 (accessed 2011 Nov. 2).

Responses to this article

• • Peter L. Jacobsen

  Parking, Transportation Policy, and Health CMAJ published online December 2, 2011
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• • John F. thornton

  parking fees limit access to health care CMAJ published online December 2, 2011
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• • James D. Handelman

  Hospital parking CMAJ published online December 5, 2011
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• • Tom Closson

  Re: Hospitals and parking charges CMAJ published online December 2, 2011
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• • Mr. Gordon A. Boyce

  Free patient parking CMAJ published online December 16, 2011
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• • Cristian Toma

  Free parking? What about public transportation? CMAJ published online November 30, 2011
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• • Eric E. BROWN

  free parking CMAJ published online December 2, 2011
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