About this episode

Michael Decter and Michael McCarthy discuss their book on improving Canada's health care system and the importance of patient advocacy.

Michael Decter and Michael McCarthy join Steve to discuss their book The Canadian Health Care Guerrilla Handbook, how to be a “ninja warrior” for your health care, the role of family doctors as “gatekeepers,” non-urgent emergency room visits, and why patients need to advocate for themselves to get good care. They also discuss Canadians going to the United States for health care, the crisis of accessing mental health care, and concerns over MAID.

People in this episode

Host: Steve

Guests: Michael Decter, Michael McCarthy

Topics covered

• health care system
• advocacy
• family doctors
• mental health care
• MAID
• emergency room visits

Keywords

• Canada
• health care
• advocacy
• family doctors
• mental health
• MAID
• emergency room

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Canadian Health Care Guerrilla Handbook

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