a Friday, work Friday afternoon in the Stikine Health Centre and Saturday
letters correspondance Mental health care in aboriginals is neglected I enjoyed the December 2001 issue of Canadian Family Physician, particu-larly Dr Carol Herbert’s editorial,1 writ-ten with her usual insight and clarity, and the articles on aboriginal health.2,3 For more than 15 years, I have reg...
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Summary: | letters correspondance Mental health care in aboriginals is neglected I enjoyed the December 2001 issue of Canadian Family Physician, particu-larly Dr Carol Herbert’s editorial,1 writ-ten with her usual insight and clarity, and the articles on aboriginal health.2,3 For more than 15 years, I have reg-ularly worked at Dease Lake, in the far northwest corner of British Columbia. The Stikine Health Centre is the most northern, rural, isolated health care facility in the province. Until 2 years ago, I did family medicine locum tenens; however, for the past 2 years I have gone up on a monthly basis, mainly to do psychotherapy. I fly in on |
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