Doctor to the North
Thirty Years Treating Heart Disease among the Inuit
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2008
- Category
- General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780773534315
- Publish Date
- Oct 2008
- List Price
- $40.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773577497
- Publish Date
- Oct 2008
- List Price
- $34.95
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Description
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.
