Doctor to the North: Thirty Years Treating Heart Disease among the Inuit (Footprints Series #7)
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- Synopsis
- 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.
- Copyright:
- 2008
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 178 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780773577497
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780773534315, 9780773574533
- Publisher:
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 08/15/20
- Copyrighted By:
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.