YORK UNIVERSITY: First overview of privatization of On Ontario health care system paints disturbing picture.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-6 December 1999-YORK UNIVERSITY: First comprehensive overview of increasing privatization of Ontario's health care system paints disturbing picture (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:031299 * Changes and Cuts Put Women At Risk TORONTO -- The increasing shift of health care dollars and health care services from public to private is jeopardizing women's health and threatening the jobs of female health-care practitioners, according to a report released today by the National Network on Environments and Women's Health at York University (NNEWH).

The report, Women, Privatization and Health Care Reform: The Ontario Case, is the first comprehensive scan of the effects of privatization and health care reform on women as patients, providers and...