Martin S. Staum, Associate Professor of History at the University of Calgary, is the author of Cabanis: Enlightenment and Medical Philosophy in the French Revolution and a contributor to scholarly periodicals and serials such as French Historical Studies in History of Biology.

Donald E. Larsen is a Professor in the Department of Community Health Science at the University of Calgary medical school. He is co–author of Family, Health and Illness (Special Issue of the Journal of Comparative family Studies) and Health Care Research: A Symposium.