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Psycho-Social Influences of Health Care Professionals in the Single Industry Mining City of Thompson, Manitoba

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
January 1983

Abstract

Reflections on fifteen years as a Family Practitioner in Thompson, Manitoba highlight some of the problems in providing health care to a regional population of 40,000. High turnover rates coupled with little or no prior experience create a constant challenge to the health and social service staff. Unimaginative government administrators and fragmented service structures add unnecessary impediments to quality care—problems which are less noticeable in times of expansion but become critical in times of constraints. Future planning should focus on comprehensive services, on stable administration and on efforts which maximize the positive aspects of “frontier towns.”

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Un regard rétrospectif sur quinze années de pratique en médecine familiale à Thompson, Manitoba, fait ressortir certains des problèmes liés à la prestation de soins à une population régionale de 40 000 habitants. Les taux élevés de roulement de personnel jumelés à l'absence d'expérience ou à une expérience insuffisante posent un défi constant au personnel des services sociaux et de santé. Des administrateurs gouvernementaux dénués d'imagination et des structures de services morcellées nuisent inutilement à la prestation de soins de qualité: ces problèmes sont moins manifestes en période d'essor mais deviennent critiques lorsque les temps sont durs. Dans l'avenir, les efforts de planification devraient porter principalement sur la prestation de services complets, sur une administration stable et sur des projets qui font valoir au maximum les aspects positifs des villes pionnières.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 2Number S1January 1983
Pages: 45 - 49

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Version of record online: 28 April 2009

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T. D. Redekop
Thompson Region, Manitoba

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