Beulah Bewley
Encyclopedia
Dame
Beulah Rosemary Bewley, DBE
is a retired British
public health
physician and ex-President of the Medical Women's Federation on the General Medical Council
.
She qualified at Trinity College Dublin in 1953 and was conferred with an Honorary LLD in 2002. Her Medical School will celebrate its Tercentenary in 2011. Bewley joined the Tercentenary Board.
She served on the Royal Society of Medicine
's section on Epidemiology
and Public Health. In her career she worked at several hospitals including the Academic Department of Community Medicine at King's College Hospital Medical School
, Denmark Hill, London
and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
In 1982 she served on the Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians
of the United Kingdom
and at the Department of Community Medicine at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School in London.
Bewley was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2000 for her services to public health and in recognition of her leading role in promoting equal opportunities for women.
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
Beulah Rosemary Bewley, DBE
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
is a retired British
United Kingdom
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public health
Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...
physician and ex-President of the Medical Women's Federation on the General Medical Council
General Medical Council
The General Medical Council registers and regulates doctors practising in the United Kingdom. It has the power to revoke or restrict a doctor's registration if it deems them unfit to practise...
.
She qualified at Trinity College Dublin in 1953 and was conferred with an Honorary LLD in 2002. Her Medical School will celebrate its Tercentenary in 2011. Bewley joined the Tercentenary Board.
She served on the Royal Society of Medicine
Royal Society of Medicine
The Royal Society of Medicine is a British charitable organisation whose main purpose is as a provider of medical education, running over 350 meetings and conferences each year.- History and overview :...
's section on Epidemiology
Epidemiology
Epidemiology is the study of health-event, health-characteristic, or health-determinant patterns in a population. It is the cornerstone method of public health research, and helps inform policy decisions and evidence-based medicine by identifying risk factors for disease and targets for preventive...
and Public Health. In her career she worked at several hospitals including the Academic Department of Community Medicine at King's College Hospital Medical School
King's College Hospital
King's College Hospital is an acute care facility in the London Borough of Lambeth, referred to locally and by staff simply as "King's" or abbreviated internally to "KCH"...
, Denmark Hill, London
Denmark Hill
Denmark Hill is an area and road in the London Borough of Southwark. The road forms part of the A215; north of Camberwell Green it becomes Camberwell Road; south of Red Post Hill it becomes Herne Hill. Its postcode is SE5. Nearby streets whose names refer to different aspects of the same...
and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
In 1982 she served on the Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians
Royal College of Physicians
The Royal College of Physicians of London was founded in 1518 as the College of Physicians by royal charter of King Henry VIII in 1518 - the first medical institution in England to receive a royal charter...
of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and at the Department of Community Medicine at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School in London.
Bewley was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2000 for her services to public health and in recognition of her leading role in promoting equal opportunities for women.
Writings
The Inadequacy of Adolescent Health Statistics, Oxford Journal of Public Health (seehttp://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/4/2/97.pdf)Quotes
- As early as 1902 Ballantyne had found an increase in the abortion rate in French and Austrian women working in tobacco factories. - Beulah R. Bewley, "Smoking in Pregnancy", British Medical JournalBritish Medical JournalBMJ is a partially open-access peer-reviewed medical journal. Originally called the British Medical Journal, the title was officially shortened to BMJ in 1988. The journal is published by the BMJ Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Medical Association...
(Vol. 288, Issue #6415, pp 424–426, 11 February 1984)
- "There certainly was discrimination. They used to look at you and say she is married, or she has got children and if you were not married, they were expecting you to get married." (B. Bewley)
- "Promotion by tobacco companies may then be seen for what it is—the ‘pushing' of a dangerous drug." — B. Bewley (seehttp://medicolegal.tripod.com/mihouse1889.htm)