John H Burgess: 1 book

Book cover of Doctor to the North

Doctor to the North

Thirty Years Treating Heart Disease among the Inuit

by John H. Burgess
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008

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.
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