Southall H A
CMAJ. 1985 Nov 15;133(10):1029-39.
A sample survey of Canadian Medical Association (CMA) members, conducted in early summer 1985 and designed to provide information to help guide the association's activities and policies, shows that most Canadian physicians support involvement in political activities both by CMA and by indivudual physicians. A majority wishes to maintain the concept of extra/balance billing, to pursue the position that the health care system is underfunded and favours medicare premiums and hospital user fees as the preferred methods for increasing revenue. Most respondents believe that the number of doctors in Canada is about right but would prefer any reduction to be achieved by cutting medical school admissions or reducing postgraduate training positions open to graduates of foreign medical schools. Most of those members who know of CMA policies on a number of health care issues agree with them and also find them useful, but a significant proportion are not aware of their content. There is support for compulsory payment of dues by all licensed physicians to both their provincial medical association and CMA. A majority would like more information on pharmaceutical products and additional membership surveys.
1985年夏初对加拿大医学协会（CMA）成员进行了一次抽样调查，旨在提供信息以帮助指导该协会的活动和政策。调查显示，大多数加拿大医生支持CMA以及医生个人参与政治活动。多数人希望保留额外/差额收费的概念，坚持认为医疗保健系统资金不足，并倾向于将医疗保险费和医院使用费作为增加收入的首选方法。大多数受访者认为加拿大的医生数量大致合适，但希望通过削减医学院招生人数或减少外国医学院毕业生可获得的研究生培训职位来实现任何减少。大多数了解CMA在一些医疗保健问题上政策的成员同意这些政策，并且也认为它们有用，但相当一部分人不知道其内容。支持所有持牌医生向其省级医学协会和CMA强制缴纳会费。多数人希望获得更多关于药品的信息以及更多的会员调查。
