CJRM Spring 2009 v14

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The Spring 2009 issue of CJRM addresses critical challenges and opportunities in rural healthcare. It highlights the threat to rural hospitals due to budget cuts, emphasizing the inefficiency of closing these essential facilities. The issue also discusses strategies for improving rural health, focusing on the importance of primary care access, community safety, and clean water. The articles collectively stress the need for targeted investments to enhance healthcare outcomes in rural and remote areas.

Featured Articles

• •How important are out-of-pocket costs to rural patients’ cancer care decisions?
• •Prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance and the components of metabolic syndrome in Canadian Tsimshian Nation youth
• •Brief smoking cessation interventions by family physicians in northwestern Ontario rural hospitals

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