Ruth Wilson is a rural generalist family physician in Yellowknife and Professor Emerita at Queen’s University. She co-chaired the Rural Road Map Implementation Committee with Dr. Rourke.
Rural citizens are generally older, sicker and poorer than the rest of the population, and so have greater need for care if they are to achieve health outcomes equitable to the rest of the population. We have a system that is failing rural Canadians, and it must change. But what if we got it right?