Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine articles from September 2006

Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine archives from September 2006

The re-silofication of health care./Le re-silofication des soins de sante.(Editorial)(Editorial)
September 22, 2006... Let's get this straight--I like silos. They may be dangerous places to fall into, but they make for pleasing sillouettes behind hayfields and beside the barns and buildings of the family farm. Much of rural Canada has depended on the silo for...

President's message. SuperDocs!/Message du president. Les supermedecins!
September 22, 2006... Raymond Pong and his colleagues reported this year that in 2004, rural Canada accounted for 21.1% of the population and 9.4% of all doctors. (1) Yet the 2005 Canadian Institute for Health Information report indicates that it is easier to find a...

Prevalence of violence against women reported in a rural health region.
September 22, 2006... Introduction: Violence against women in Canada is an important public health problem. Published research that reports prevalence of violence against women by province or region is limited, and estimates of the rates of violence experienced by...

Spousal perspectives on factors influencing recruitment and retention of rural family physicians.
September 22, 2006... Introduction: Recruiting and retaining medical personnel to rural communities is a human resource challenge. Studies suggest that the spouse's experiences and perceptions of a rural community are among the most influential factors in a...

Educational needs of Australian rural and remote doctors for intermediate obstetric ultrasound and emergency medicine ultrasound.
September 22, 2006... Introduction: The aim of this research was to determine the educational needs of Australian rural and remote doctors for intermediate obstetric ultrasound and emergency medicine ultrasound. The main research questions were: what educational...

Elevated liver enzymes as a predictor of liver injury in stable blunt abdominal trauma patients: case report and systematic review of the literature.
September 22, 2006... Liver injury secondary to blunt abdominal trauma is a well-defined entity in emergency medicine. A challenge exists in the diagnosis of liver trauma in the stable, well-appearing patient with a history of blunt abdominal trauma. In centres...

The occasional breast cyst aspiration.
September 22, 2006... A 42-year-old woman presents to your office, having discovered a lump in her left breast while showering the day before. She is upset, as her mother died of breast cancer at age 50. The lump is cherry sized, symmetric, mobile and feels cystic....

Country cardiograms case 31.
September 22, 2006... A 43-year-old man presents to a rural British Columbia hospital emergency department with a sensation that his heart is racing. A 12-channel ECG is taken, and results show a regular narrow-complex tachycardia, rate 216 beats/min. Paroxysmal...

Manual of Rural Practice.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Manual of Rural Practice. Edited by P. Hutten-Czapski, G. Magee and J. Wootton. November 2006. Society of Rural Physicians of Canada. Hardcover, 280 pp. Illust. $49.95 (pre-publication price). ISBN 10: 0-9781620-0-5. A TEXT FOR ALL SEASONS...

Women and pharmacologic therapy in rural and remote Canada.
September 22, 2006... Most people who live in rural and remote settings in Canada experience compromised access to health care services and resources. (1) However, women in these settings have unique health care needs and issues. (2,3) Women are often the...

A small hospital's fairy sad tale: an allegory.
September 22, 2006... Once upon a time there was a little farming village in the valley, not far from a castle on the hill. The people in the village liked to help each other. The local healers were considered a part of their village "family." One day, as medical...

Residents' page./Page des residents.(survey of medical students)
September 22, 2006... Page des residents Successful rural rotation: What do learners look for? There has been more emphasis in recent years on providing rural rotations to residents and medical students as a way to recruit new rural physicians. A review of...

Mini-laparotomy cholecystectomy: same day discharge.(Letter to the editor)
September 22, 2006... To the Editor: We read the article on same day discharge after mini-laparotomy cholecystectomy (MLC) with great interest. (1) The article has stressed many valid concepts regarding MLC. We would like to share our experience at Sawai...