Draft:Robert Fortuine
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Robert Fortuine is a doctor and historian.[1] He has written about Alaska, tuberculosis, parasites, and a bibliography of Inuit works.[2] He trained to be a doctor at McGill University in Canada.[2] He is married to wife Sheila. He retired to Wasila, Alaska.[2] He received a J. A. Hildes Medal in Circumpolar Health and two Historian of the Year awards from the Alaska Historical Society.
He directed the Alaska Native Medical Center from 1971–1977.[2]
Writings
[edit]- The health of the Eskimos; a bibliography, 1857–1967
- The health of the Inuit of North America: a bibliography from the earliest times through 1990
- Polar Notes as the Health care and the Alaska Native: some historical perspectives
- The Alaska Diary of Adelbert von Chamisso: Naturalist on the Kotzebue Voyage, 1815–1818, translation
- Alaska Native Medical Center: A History 1953–1983
- Chills and Fever: Health and Disease in the Early History of Alaska
- The Words of Medicine: Sources, Meanings, and Delights
- Must We All Die?": Alaska's Enduring Struggle with Tuberculosis[3]
University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks
- A Century of Adventure in Northern Health; The Public Health Service Commissioned Corps in Alaska 1879-1978 (2006)[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "University Press of Colorado - Robert Fortuine". upcolorado.com.
- ^ a b c d "J. A. Hildes Medal". International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 60: 82–83. 2001. doi:10.1080/22423982.2001.12127382.
- ^ Murray, K. (2013). "Health aspects of Arctic exploration – Alaska's medical history based on the research files of Dr. Robert Fortuine". International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 72: 10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21264. doi:10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21264. PMC 3748459. PMID 23967418.
- ^ Fortuine, Robert (2006). A Century of Adventure in Northern Health: The Public Health Service Commissioned Corps in Alaska 1879-1978. PHS Commissioned Officers Foundation for the Advancement of Public Health. ISBN 9780977314904.