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Cirque du Monde as a health intervention

Perceptions of medical students and social circus experts

Cynthia Fournier, Mélodie-Anne Drouin, Jérémie Marcoux, Patricia Garel, Emmanuel Bochud, Julie Théberge, Patrice Aubertin, Gil Favreau and Richard Fleet
Canadian Family Physician November 2014; 60 (11) e548-e553;
Cynthia Fournier
Medical student at Laval University in Quebec city, Que.
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Mélodie-Anne Drouin
Medical student at Laval University in Quebec city, Que.
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Jérémie Marcoux
Medical student at Laval University in Quebec city, Que.
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Patricia Garel
Psychiatrist at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine in Montreal, Que.
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Emmanuel Bochud
Social Circus Training Advisor for Cirque du Soleil in Montreal, Que.
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Julie Théberge
Social worker with Cirque du Monde Québec in Quebec city.
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Patrice Aubertin
Circus Arts Research Chair and Director of Pedagogical Training at École Nationale de Cirque du Québec.
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Gil Favreau
Director of Social Action and Community Relations and Global Citizenship at Cirque du Soleil.
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Richard Fleet
Emergency physician at Centre de santé et de services sociaux Alphonse-Desjardins, Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine at Laval University, and Université Laval–Centre hospitalier affilié universitaire Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis Research Chair in Emergency Medicine.
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vol. 60 no. 11 e548-e553
PubMed 
25392449

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The College of Family Physicians of Canada
Print ISSN 
0008-350X
Online ISSN 
1715-5258
History 
  • Published online November 12, 2014.

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  1. Cynthia Fournier
  1. Medical student at Laval University in Quebec city, Que.
  1. Mélodie-Anne Drouin
  1. Medical student at Laval University in Quebec city, Que.
  1. Jérémie Marcoux
  1. Medical student at Laval University in Quebec city, Que.
  1. Patricia Garel, MD
  1. Psychiatrist at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine in Montreal, Que.
  1. Emmanuel Bochud
  1. Social Circus Training Advisor for Cirque du Soleil in Montreal, Que.
  1. Julie Théberge
  1. Social worker with Cirque du Monde Québec in Quebec city.
  1. Patrice Aubertin
  1. Circus Arts Research Chair and Director of Pedagogical Training at École Nationale de Cirque du Québec.
  1. Gil Favreau
  1. Director of Social Action and Community Relations and Global Citizenship at Cirque du Soleil.
  1. Richard Fleet, MD PhD CCFP(EM)⇑
  1. Emergency physician at Centre de santé et de services sociaux Alphonse-Desjardins, Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine at Laval University, and Université Laval–Centre hospitalier affilié universitaire Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis Research Chair in Emergency Medicine.
  1. Correspondence: Dr Richard Fleet, Centre de recherche, Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, 143 Wolfe St, Lévis, QC G6V 3Z1; fax 418 835-7276; e-mail rfleet{at}videotron.ca.
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