Biomedical subjects
B Desjardins
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[Genetic aspects of Rendu-Osler disease in Haut-Jura: convergence of methodological approaches of historic demography and medical genetics].
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Automatic family reconstitution: the French-Canadian seventeenth-century experience.
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[Automatic reconstitution of families: coupling of deficient information and conclusion].
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Reproductive life of French-Canadians in the 17-18th centuries: a search for a trade-off between early fecundity and longevity.
One of the predictions derived from Williams' (1957) evolutionary theory of senescence is the existence of a trade-off between early fecundity and longevity. The population register of the French immigrants to Québec in the 17th century and of the first Canadians in the 17th and 18th centuries was used to detect such a trade-off in a noncontraceptive human population living at a time when longevity had not been prolonged by medical care and was not artificially shortened by wars, epidemics, or other external causes. No evidence for such a trade-off could be detected in these populations which had not yet reached the demographic transition phase (i.e., the historical period when longevity began to be extended and the progeny began to be reduced). Results are discussed in connection with the various studies aiming to test the Williams' theory.
Integration of quality improvement with existing quality assessment/quality management processes.
Quality assessment/quality management and quality improvement are two highly visible areas that are helping to change the healthcare system in the 1990s. In this article, the authors describe how quality improvement can enhance the current quality assessment/quality management program in a hospital.