Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine articles from June 2006

Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine archives from June 2006

Generalism and rural Canada/Le generalisme et le Canada rural.(Editorial)
June 22, 2006... By all means, if possible, let [the young physician] be a pluralist, and--as he values his future life--let him not get early entangled in the meshes of specialism. (1) We salute those dedicated practitioners providing surgical services to...

President's message. Growing like a weed/Message du president. Elle pousse comme mauvaise herbe.(Editorial)(Society of Rural Physicians of Canada, President Michael Jong)
June 22, 2006... Our Society of Rural Physicians of Canada is only 14 years old. Realistically speaking, it is just reaching puberty--the age of my teenage son, Robert. Like Robert, we are growing like a weed, with the youth of our organization providing us...

The Canadian journal of non-urban medicine?(Editorial)(Editorial)
June 22, 2006... This edition of the Journal contains 3 related articles pertaining to the conduct of surgery in rural Canada. (1-3) The first article tackles the controversial issue of defining "rural" and by default adopts everything non-urban. (1) ...

For want of a scalpel.(Editorial)(Editorial)
June 22, 2006... For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the battle was lost. For want of a battle the kingdom was lost. And all for the want of a horseshoe nail....

Research methodology for the investigation of rural surgical services.
June 22, 2006... This paper describes a functional approach to the definition of rural populations for purposes of rural health care research. Rather than define "rural" directly, we created a definition of urban populations and our research target became the...

Utilization rates for surgical procedures in rural and urban Canada.
June 22, 2006... Objective: To investigate whether utilization rates of common surgical procedures are different between urban and rural Canadians in 2 provinces and to examine whether these rates are influenced by the presence and scope of local surgical...

Rural surgical services in two Canadian provinces.
June 22, 2006... Objective: Contrast alternative health delivery systems and the use of differently trained physician providers in the supply of surgical services to rural residents in 2 Canadian provinces. Methods: Four surgical procedures (carpal tunnel...

Is rural maternity care sustainable without general practitioner surgeons?(Podium: Doctors Speak Out/La parole aux medicins)
June 22, 2006... Rural maternity services are undergoing rapid erosion across Canada's more sparsely settled regions. (1-3) In rural British Columbia, 17 maternity care services have closed since 2000, (3) mirroring trends in other regions. The consequences of...

West Coast tale.(Off Call/Detente)
June 22, 2006... Until 1999, Bella Bella (Waglisla) provided the only surgical services on BC's Inside Passage between Vancouver Island and Prince Rupert. The population, comprising the fishing fleet, logging, boaters, tourists and several First Nations...