DOSSETOR,
John Beamish,
O.C., B.M., B.Ch., Ph.D., FRCPC;
physician, medical ethicist;
b. Bangalore 1925;
e. Oxford Univ. B.M., B.Ch. 1950;
McGill Univ. Ph.D. 1960;
CHAIR IN BIOETHICS, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA 1996-- ;
Physician, Nephrology & Renal Transplantation;
Royal Victoria Hosp. & McGill Univ. 1960-69;
Dir., Div. of Nephrology & Immunology (Med.) and Co-Dir., MRC, Transplantation Rsch. Unit, Univ. of Alberta Hosp., Univ. of Alta. 1960-85;
Dir., Bioethics Centre Fac. of Medicine 1985-96;
recipient, Canada 125 Medal;
Officer, Order of Canada 1995;
Dir., L'Arche Community, Edmonton 1985-95;
Home: Edmonton, Alta.;
Office: Edmonton, Alta.
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