Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine articles from September 2007

Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine archives from September 2007

"My practice is full and I can't take any new patients"/"Malheureusement, je n'accepte plus de nouveaux patients".(Editorial)
September 22, 2007... All across the country, this refrain is heard with dismay by patients seeking a primary care physician. Although the concept is debated, there is consensus that it is good for patient care that every person be able to access a primary care...

President's message. Need for a national rural health strategy/Message du president. Une strategie nationale sur la sante rurale s'impose.(Editorial)
September 22, 2007... In his speech to the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) General Council on August 20, 2007, the Honourable Tony Clement highlighted the desire to address accessibility as enshrined in the Canada Health Act. It appears that the federal effort is...

Nurse-physician collaborative partnership: a rural model for the chronically ill.(Report)
September 22, 2007... Introduction: Accessibility and quality of primary health care services in rural areas are challenging issues, particularly for the elderly and those with chronic or complex medical conditions. The objective of the Nurse-Physician Collaborative...

Factors associated with career satisfaction among general practitioners in Canada.(Survey)
September 22, 2007... Introduction: There are important differences in rural, regional and urban general practice environments. The purpose of this study was to articulate models that explain career satisfaction among general practitioners (GPs) in these practice...

The ARTS of risk management in rural and remote medicine.
September 22, 2007... Introduction: This paper describes an action research process (in which the researchers are active participants throughout the process of development, testing and refinement) to develop a framework for clinical risk assessment and management in...

A large splenic epidermoid cyst in rural Labrador.(CASE REPORT OBSERVATIONS DE CAS)(Case study)
September 22, 2007... INTRODUCTION Splenic cysts are rare clinical entities, reportedly occurring in only 0.5%-2.0% of the population. (1) The first splenic cyst was reported in 1829 by Andral, (2) and with the increasing use of diagnostic imaging, splenic...

The occasional trigger point injection.(THE PRACTITIONER / LE PRATICIEN)
September 22, 2007... Trigger points and myofascial pain are common diagnoses. They can occur in any patient, even in those not diagnosed with a chronic condition, such as fibromyalgia or recurrent myofascial pain syndromes. The underlying mechanism for the...

Factors Affecting Rural Medicine: an improvement on the Rurality Index of Ontario.(Residents' page / Page des residents)(Report)
September 22, 2007... There has been considerable controversy over the Rurality Index of Ontario (RIO) and its true ability to define "rurality." Some rural health care workers feel that their community has received an unjust rating (either too high or too low),...

The validity of the GPRI.(Letters / Correspondance)(Letter to the editor)
September 22, 2007... To the Editor: The Leduc General Practice Rurality Index (GPRI) (1) was outlined for us a decade ago. Curiously, despite the fact that it had not been applied or validated, it was widely cited by many authors when discussing the...