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The Surprising Lives of Small-Town Doctors
Paul Dhillon
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Description for The Surprising Lives of Small-Town Doctors
Paperback. From igloo house calls to bandaging animal bites to performing surgeries they are ill equipped to do, the accounts in "The Surprising Lives of Small-Town Doctors" show the many rewards of practicing medicine in isolated communities. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; MB; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
In The Surprising Lives of Small-Town Doctors, physicians put down their stethoscopes and pick up their pens to share some of the most frightening and pivotal moments of their careers. From making igloo house calls to bandaging animal bites to performing surgeries they may have only read about in textbooks, these young doctors speak of the many rewards of practising medicine in small communities. They also detail the fears, failures, and challenges of providing health care in the farthest reaches of our country--where the need for doctors is the greatest. Collectively, these stories capture the spirit, innovation, and resilience of ... Read more
In The Surprising Lives of Small-Town Doctors, physicians put down their stethoscopes and pick up their pens to share some of the most frightening and pivotal moments of their careers. From making igloo house calls to bandaging animal bites to performing surgeries they may have only read about in textbooks, these young doctors speak of the many rewards of practising medicine in small communities. They also detail the fears, failures, and challenges of providing health care in the farthest reaches of our country--where the need for doctors is the greatest. Collectively, these stories capture the spirit, innovation, and resilience of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
Regina, Canada
ISBN
9780889774315
SKU
V9780889774315
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Paul Dhillon
Dr. Paul Dhillon practises rural and remote medicine in Saskatchewan and is a Reservist Captain with 16 Field Ambulance in the Canadian Armed Forces. He recently worked in an Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone and, in 2016 will be working in the high north arctic and the Falkland Islands. He is co-founder of The Review Course in Family Medicine. ... Read more
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