The client population coming to substance abuse agencies includes refugees and immigrants
from a host of ethnic groups who may speak insufficient English to be treated by an English…

Southeast Asians are experiencing increasing problems with alcohol and other drug abuse.
Because few culturally specific treatment models are available, mainstream substance-…

Alcohol abuse and alcoholism are significant problems among Southeast Asians resettled
in the United States. Contributing factors include experiences of trauma during the refugee …

Only 1 of the 229 passengers and crew members killed when Swissair Flight 111 crashed off
Nova Scotia in September was visually identifiable. Identifying everyone else on board …

Dr. Gary Gibson of Cambridge, Ont., went many years without identifying a single gay
patient in his practice. When he" came out" about his homosexuality in 1981, about 15 of his …

Anesthetists are at special risk for becoming addicted to some of the drugs they work with.
The problem was highlighted by the recent death of a physician in Comox, BC, and a doctor's …

" Coming out" remains a very major decision for a gay or lesbian medical student. Canadian
students interviewed for this article say they have feared being ostracized by their peers or …

Jehovah's Witness representatives have visited more than 10 Canadian medical schools
and 200 hospitals in an attempt to educate future and practising physicians about nonblood …

Pilot projects in eastern Canada that use personal computers and telephone lines to link
patients and rural physicians with specialists in urban centres indicate that telemedicine may be …

… Nancy Robb is a freelance writer living in Halifax. … Nancy Robb reports that the results
surprised some people. … Nancy Rob rapporte que les résultats en ont étonné certains. …