CJRM Summer 2017 v22

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The Summer 2017 issue of CJRM focuses on the challenges and strategies in rural medicine, emphasizing the importance of generalist practice in rural emergency departments. It explores factors influencing physicians' decisions to work in rural areas, highlighting recruitment and retention strategies. The issue also addresses chronic disease management, specifically diabetes-related amputations in First Nations communities, and updates on procedural practices like suprapubic catheterization. Key themes include rural medicine, medical education, and chronic disease management.

Featured Articles

• •Factors influencing choice to practise in rural and remote communities throughout a physician’s career cycle
• •Rates of diabetes-related lower-limb amputation in northwestern Ontario: an incidence study and introduction of a standardized diabetic foot ulcer management protocol

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