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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W