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House calls by float plane : stories of a west coast doctor / Dr. Alan Swan.

Title
  1. House calls by float plane : stories of a west coast doctor / Dr. Alan Swan.
Published by
  1. Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing, [2013]
  2. ©2013
Author
  1. Swan, Alan, 1928-2011

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Additional authors
  1. Leslie, Rosella M., 1948-
Description
  1. 207 pages : illustrations, portraits; 23 cm.
Summary
  1. "When Dr. Alan Swan took the job as doctor at Pender Harbour's 13-bed mission hospital in 1954, his first challenge was locating the place. The tiny hospital served a vast coastal frontier occupied by loggers, fishermen and recluses who seldom asked for help, but when they did you knew it was serious. Almost as soon as he arrived, Dr. Swan was called out to attend a logger who had severed his leg with a chainsaw and was holding the parts together until help arrived. Swan was a city boy and had intended to find a nice suburban practice but became so fond of the rural coast and its oddball residents he spent his whole career there. "House Calls by Float Plane" is the testament of a good man looking back on a career serving unforgettable characters in an unforgettable place"-- Back cover.
Subject
  1. Swan, Alan
  2. Swan, Alan, 1928-2011
  3. 1900-1999
  4. Rural Health Services > history
  5. Delivery of Health Care > history
  6. Physicians
  7. Physicians > British Columbia > Sunshine Coast > Biography
  8. Medical care > British Columbia > Sunshine Coast > History > 20th century
  9. Floatplanes > British Columbia > Sunshine Coast
  10. Médecins > Colombie-Britannique > Sunshine Coast (C.-B.) > Biographies
  11. Soins médicaux > Colombie-Britannique > Sunshine Coast > Histoire > 20e siècle
  12. Hydravions à flotteurs > Colombie-Britannique > Sunshine Coast
  13. British Columbia
  14. Sunshine Coast (B.C.) > Biography
  15. Sunshine Coast (C.-B.) > Biographies
Genre/Form
  1. Autobiography
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Note
  1. "Edited by Rosella Leslie"--Title page verso.
  2. Includes index.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain