Editorials * Éditoriaux

Do medical schools measure rural?
Peter Hutten-Czapski, MD
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Les facultés de médecine mesurent-elles un «indice de ruralité»?
Peter Hutten-Czapski, MD
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President's message.  Expanding our scope of activities
Karl Stobbe, MD, CCFP(EM), FCFP
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Message du président.  Élargir notre champ d'activités
Karl Stobbe, MD, CCFP(EM), FCFP
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Original articles * Articles originaux

Use of palliative care services in a semirural program in British Columbia
Diane E. Allan, MA; Shelly Waskiewich, BA; Kelli I. Stajduhar, RN, PhD; Darcee Bidgood, RN, MN
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Use of a "secure room" and a security guard in the management of the violent, aggressive or suicidal patient in a rural hospital: a 3-year audit
Gordon Brock, MD, FCFP; Vydas Gurekas, MD, CCFP; Anne-Fredrique Gelinas; Karina Rollin
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Where did the doctors go? A study of retention and migration of provisionally licensed international medical graduates practising in Newfoundland and Labrador between 1995 and 2006
Rick Audas, BBA, MBA, MA, PhD; Ann Ryan, BSc, MSc; David Vardy, BA, BComm, MA
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The practitioner * Le praticien

Quinsy (peritonsillar abscess)
Raymond Rahn, MD, FRCS(C); Peter Hutten-Czapski, MD, FCFP
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Out Behind the Barn * Dans le feu de l'action

An Excel balancing act
Barrie McCombs, MD, FCFP
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Letters * Correspondance