Jul 17 2023 41 mins 5
Dental care is excluded from Canada’s universal healthcare system with services provided based on the ability to pay, leading large segments of the population to neglect care resulting in poor oral health and all its consequences.
On a new Unpacking the News dentist and public healthcare activist Brandon Doucet joins host Andre Goulet for a conversation examining the little known history of dentistry in Canada, how private business interests have prevailed over public health, current trends in the industry like corporate ownership and cosmetic dentistry and more from his new Fernwood Publishing release ‘About Canada: Dental Care’.
The ‘About Canada’ series includes short, easy to read volumes on immigration, health care, disability rights, poverty, media among other topics. Find the series and more essential left Canadian books at www.fernwoodpublishing.ca.
On a new Unpacking the News dentist and public healthcare activist Brandon Doucet joins host Andre Goulet for a conversation examining the little known history of dentistry in Canada, how private business interests have prevailed over public health, current trends in the industry like corporate ownership and cosmetic dentistry and more from his new Fernwood Publishing release ‘About Canada: Dental Care’.
The ‘About Canada’ series includes short, easy to read volumes on immigration, health care, disability rights, poverty, media among other topics. Find the series and more essential left Canadian books at www.fernwoodpublishing.ca.
