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Dr. Ralph Masi: Ontario's co-ordinator of multicultural health says doctors need to be more sensitive to different cultures - beginning in medical school [Incomplete]
Dr. Ralph Masi: Ontario's co-ordinator of multicultural health says doctors need to be more sensitive to different cultures - beginning in medical school [Incomplete]

Dr. Ralph Masi: Ontario's co-ordinator of multicultural health says doctors need to be more sensitive to different cultures - beginning in medical school [Incomplete]

Date3/13/1991
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Cultural awareness: Beliefs, taboos and moral codes of immigrants should be taken into account, says Dr. Ralph Masi, the province's first multicultural health co-ordinator.
Cultural awareness: Beliefs, taboos and moral codes of immigrants should be taken into account, says Dr. Ralph Masi, the province's first multicultural health co-ordinator.
1/11/1990
Dr. Robert King, in charge of home care and medical rehabilitation for Ontario's health department, says the group winning the Halton contract will likely act as co-ordinator, contracting out tasks to private companies and groups.
Dr. Robert King, in charge of home care and medical rehabilitation for Ontario's health department, says the group winning the Halton contract will likely act as co-ordinator, contracting out tasks to private companies and groups.
4/17/1972
The Canada-Voiet hockey series was ill-conceived, one reader says, with two teams of different styles, attitudes and cultures put on the ice with a co(...)
The Canada-Voiet hockey series was ill-conceived, one reader says, with two teams of different styles, attitudes and cultures put on the ice with a co(...)
10/4/1974
New vision: Mohamed Sharmarke, chairman of the board of the Canadian-African Newcomer Aid Centre of Toronto, hopes Canada will be seen as a model for different cultures living together
New vision: Mohamed Sharmarke, chairman of the board of the Canadian-African Newcomer Aid Centre of Toronto, hopes Canada will be seen as a model for different cultures living together
8/15/1991
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
3/10/1970
Medical heretic: Dr. Robert Mendelsohn has few kind words for his fellow physicians. Doctors in general, he says, should be trusted about as much as used-car salesmen. Chicago MD came to town to promote his best-selling book.
Medical heretic: Dr. Robert Mendelsohn has few kind words for his fellow physicians. Doctors in general, he says, should be trusted about as much as used-car salesmen. Chicago MD came to town to promote his best-selling book.
10/7/1980
Sikh moments: Hardev Singh, above, says Sikhs need help coping with life in different culture. Top, Punjabi boy plays violin-like sarongi.
Sikh moments: Hardev Singh, above, says Sikhs need help coping with life in different culture. Top, Punjabi boy plays violin-like sarongi.
6/7/1992
Health costs are rising too fast, says committee including, left to right: Boyd Suttie, assistant deputy health minister, Allyn Taylor, committee chairman, Andrew Gillies, Ontario Medical Association executive director, William Vail, OMA vice-president, and Rendell Dick, Ontario's deputy treasurer
Health costs are rising too fast, says committee including, left to right: Boyd Suttie, assistant deputy health minister, Allyn Taylor, committee chairman, Andrew Gillies, Ontario Medical Association executive director, William Vail, OMA vice-president, and Rendell Dick, Ontario's deputy treasurer
1/13/1978
Lean and friendly Dr. Robin Tattershall, above, offers a different kind of vacation at his Bougainvillea Clinic, left, overlooking Road Town, Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands. You can, if you meet the doctor's approval, come away tanned, fit and with a new face or a different nose or figure. The clinic with its pool and Moorish arches was built to be a small, posh hotel.
Lean and friendly Dr. Robin Tattershall, above, offers a different kind of vacation at his Bougainvillea Clinic, left, overlooking Road Town, Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands. You can, if you meet the doctor's approval, come away tanned, fit and with a new face or a different nose or figure. The clinic with its pool and Moorish arches was built to be a small, posh hotel.
3/1/1986
The youth culture is overserviced, says John Fisher, right, who heads a co-ordinating body for Toronto youth services. Fisher, talking to student Roger Ames, says the youths who didn't need the services badly probably became sick as a result of this depen
The youth culture is overserviced, says John Fisher, right, who heads a co-ordinating body for Toronto youth services. Fisher, talking to student Roger Ames, says the youths who didn't need the services badly probably became sick as a result of this depen
5/30/1972
Chris Southgate: Director of the Metro police association, who estimates at least 15 per cent of police officers have drinking problems, says they need a separate facility where a man can see doctors in complete anonymity
Chris Southgate: Director of the Metro police association, who estimates at least 15 per cent of police officers have drinking problems, says they need a separate facility where a man can see doctors in complete anonymity
8/7/1981
Trying to hlp: Dr. Jack Saunders, left, of the Ontario Medical Associton, and Frederick Glaser of the additon research foundation are both involved in programs to help adicted doctors.
Trying to hlp: Dr. Jack Saunders, left, of the Ontario Medical Associton, and Frederick Glaser of the additon research foundation are both involved in programs to help adicted doctors.
9/29/1983