Origins and context The concept of ‘the social accountability of medical schools’ is moving
from the peripheral preoccupation of a few to a more central concern of medical schools …

The intimate interdependence of human health and the ecosystems in which we are embedded
is now a commonplace observation. For much of the history of public health, this was not …

Accelerating ecological and societal changes require re-imagining the role of primary care
and public health to address eco-social concerns in rural and remote places. In this narrative …

Objectives By identifying strategies that practicing physicians use in managing patients with
medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS), we present an interim practical …

Seedlings of Douglas-fir, Sitka spruce, western hemlock, western redcedar, lodgepole pine,
Pacific silver fir, and red alder were grown over soil columns compacted to bulk densities of …

Why do we claim to value sustainability while acting in an unsustainable fashion? How can
we reduce our consumption drastically and move toward a sustainable social system when …

Medicine is an art of translation: physicians absorb a world of diagnostic frameworks and
population-based guidelines, and translate them down to the level of a single person whose …

L'auteur formule des observations sur l'article redige par le Dr Gordon Guyatt et ses
collegues (voir pages 405'a 408) dans lequel on decrit le mecanisme mis en place a l'Universite …

Field and computer techniques for stem analysis adaptable to both young-and old-growth
conifers are presented. Field instructions include a step-by-step explanation of tree cutting, …

… Woollard is associate professor and assistant head, Department of Family Practice, Facultyof
Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. He practised for16years in rural …