Imperfections in Our Future

Our adolescents--our future.

Honoring Our Past, Building Our Future.

CMAJ at 100: our voice, our future.

© 2011 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors CMAJ, January 11, 2011, 183(1) 15 As society and health care have evolved, so too has CMAJ. Indeed, the journal is a reflection of the society in which it is firmly rooted. With its 100-year history and the many successes highlighted by CMA President Dr. Jeffrey Turnbull, CMAJ is ready to move into its second century. CMAJ has sought to disse...

The future in our hands

You might think that good salaries and generous funding would be enough to ensure the future of a research system. Yet, in Germany many young scientists may be forced to take jobs abroad rather than make a career here, and few non-Germans consider jobs here. So what’s the problem? Young German scientists progress through their undergraduate, PhD and postdoctoral years in much the same way as th...

Our future in red tape.

Like all good holiday reading, Sir Nigel Crisp’s letter Commissioning a Patient-led NHS, sent to all NHS chief executives just before many went on their summer break, contained much that was familiar and anticipated, but it also held an unexpected twist. The emphasis on patient-centred services was familiar, the requirement to reconfigure and reduce the number of strategic health authorities (S...