Abstract Jacques Ferron's “Little William” is a story of birth and naming in a remote Quebec
coastal community. Obstetrical issues and issues of cultural and political survival come …

This book focuses on the era during which the cause of tuberculosis had been identified,
and public health officials were seeking to prevent it, but scientists had not yet found a cure …

When finally the doctor-narrator turns to the sagefemme or Francophone midwife for help, he
is told to take off his gloves and make himself comfortable. He is brought a cup of tea and the …

Any consideration of the ways in which medical professionals" make sense" of their
experience of health, illness and disease must necessarily take into account the …

Physicians are routinely exposed to dying patients and death, although some encounters
are emotionally and existentially problematic, creating problems on two levels. Individuals …