Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine articles

Recent articles from Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine

Rural health under attack/La sante rurale attaquee.(Editorial)
March 22, 2009... I've handled highway trauma, difficult deliveries and heart attacks by the score, but, as a rural doctor, nothing drives fear into my heart more than a threat to my tools of the trade--the nurses, equipment and support that a hospital represents. Yet, throughout this country, whenever the...

President's message. Reflections from Laos/Message du president. Reflexions au sujet du Laos.(Editorial)
March 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Laos has a population that is 70% rural, water that must be boiled before drinking, a population with a short life expectancy, and high rates of infant and maternal mortality. I have been working with the country's single medical school to increase its production of...

RuralMed: the SRPC listserv/MedRurale : la liste de diffusion de la SMRC.
March 22, 2009... RuralMed Subscription to RuralMed is by request. Send an email message to: admin@srpc.ca. Include your full name and email address. If you include a short biography it will be posted to the list as your introduction. You can also access both the RuralMed archives and a RuralMed...

Brief smoking cessation interventions by family physicians in northwestern Ontario rural hospitals.(ORIGINAL ARTICLE/ARTICLE ORIGINAL)(Survey)
March 22, 2009... INTRODUCTION We report on physicians' beliefs, confidence and clinical practice relative to the provision of smoking cessation interventions to in-patients in northwestern (NW) Ontario rural hospitals. Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of premature morbidity and mortality in...

How important are out-of-pocket costs to rural patients' cancer care decisions?(ORIGINAL ARTICLE/ARTICLE ORIGINAL)(Report)
March 22, 2009... INTRODUCTION The treatment of complex diseases such as cancer requires highly specialized professionals, equipment and services. For example, in Newfoundland and Labrador, the bulk of cancer services is centralized in St. John's, the provincial capital where, in 2007, 183 469 (36.2%) of...