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Doctor to the North

Thirty Years Treating Heart Disease among the Inuit
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2008

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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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Contributor: John H. Burgess John Burgess is an emeritus cardiologist at the McGill Health Centre, professor of medicine, McGill University, past-president of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and author of numerous research and review articles in medical journa

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    Front Matter

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    Contents

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    Acknowledgments

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    The Long Road to an MD

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    Expanding Horizons during Postgraduate Training

    18
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    Return to North America

    32
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    Cardiologist at the Montreal General Hospital and McGill University

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    Road to the Presidency of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

    44
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    Doctor to the North

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    History of the Eastern Canadian Inuit

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    History of Eastern Canadian Inuit Health Care

    75
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    Congenital Heart Disease

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    Valvular Heart Disease

    96
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    Infective Endocarditis

    111
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    Pulmonary Heart Disease

    115
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    Cardiomyopathy

    118
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    Coronary Artery Disease

    122
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    Auyuittuq Park: An Arctic Holiday

    133
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    The Future

    145
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    Transitions

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    Notes

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    Index

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