TY - JOUR T1 - Northern Ontario MDs seek solution to region's huge accidental-death toll JF - Canadian Medical Association Journal JO - CMAJ SP - 101 LP - 102 VL - 155 IS - 1 AU - T. Spears Y1 - 1996/07/01 UR - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/155/1/101.abstract N2 - A recently published study discussed the trauma-related death toll that plagues northeastern Ontario, which has a much higher death rate from nonintentional trauma than the rest of the province Dr. Gary Bota, one of the study authors hates calling these tragedies accidents because that implies a random, act-of-God nature that he does not accept. "They're not accidents," he maintains. "They're patterns, just like infectious diseases." ER -