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Doctor to the North : thirty years treating heart disease among the Inuit /
For several weeks a year, over three decades, he worked as a consulting cardiologist in the Canadian North, a first-hand witness to rapidly changing disease patterns among the Inuit as a Western lifestyle became more prevalent. Through the stories of some of his Inuit patients, Burgess presents a br...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Footprints series (Montréal, Quebec) ;
8. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | For several weeks a year, over three decades, he worked as a consulting cardiologist in the Canadian North, a first-hand witness to rapidly changing disease patterns among the Inuit as a Western lifestyle became more prevalent. Through the stories of some of his Inuit patients, Burgess presents a broad spectrum of heart diseases and discusses how they can be prevented. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 168 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), map, portraits |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-163) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780773574533 0773574530 9780773577497 0773577491 |