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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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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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Circus Arts Research Chair and Director of Pedagogical Training at École Nationale de Cirque du Québec.
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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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Cirque du Monde as a health intervention
Cynthia Fournier, Mélodie-Anne Drouin, Jérémie Marcoux, Patricia Garel, Emmanuel Bochud, Julie Théberge, Patrice Aubertin, Gil Favreau, Richard Fleet
Canadian Family Physician Nov 2014, 60 (11) e548-e553;

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