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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burgess, John H., 1933-2021
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2008.
Colección:Footprints series (Montréal, Quebec) ; 8.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents
  • Colour section follows
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 The Long Road to an MD
  • 2 Expanding Horizons during Postgraduate Training
  • 3 Return to North America
  • 4 Cardiologist at the Montreal General Hospital and McGill University
  • 5 My Road to the Presidency of the Royal College
  • 6 Doctor to the North
  • 7 History of the Eastern Canadian Inuit
  • 8 History of Eastern Canadian Inuit Health Care
  • 9 Congenital Heart Disease
  • 10 Valvular Heart Disease
  • 11 Infective Endocarditis
  • 12 Pulmonary Heart Disease
  • 13 Cardiomyopathy
  • 14 Coronary Artery Disease15 Auyuittuq Park: An Arctic Holiday
  • 16 The Future
  • 17 Transitions
  • Notes
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
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