title: Is the deck stacked against fundamental health human resources redesign in Canada?
abstract: Contemporary healthcare is a sobering spectacle. It costs a lot and doesn't deliver much at the margins. But even if deep and open-minded reflection and analysis were to propose a reboot, the odds are very long against it. It is next to impossible to alter deeply entrenched patterns and entitlements. It will take nothing less than a collective commitment on the part of professions, governments, educators, accreditors, employers and a whole host of others to create an agile, responsive and integrated health human resources model for Canada.
authors.affiliation: Steven Lewis President, Access Consulting Ltd. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences Simon Fraser University.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D006285:Health Planning / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*