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Doctor to the North

Thirty Years Treating Heart Disease among the Inuit

by (author) John H. Burgess

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2008
Category
General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773534315
    Publish Date
    Oct 2008
    List Price
    $40.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773577497
    Publish Date
    Oct 2008
    List Price
    $34.95

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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.

About the author

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 journals.

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