Ruairí Ó Bléine
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Description
Author of: -Belfast:100Years of Public Health (1988 -Presbyterians and the Irish Language (1996) -Nótaí ón Lia (1999) Born in Lurgan, Co. Armagh. Educated: Lurgan, St Patrick's College, Armagh, Queen's University of Belfast. Held a number of hospital posts, including research medical officer in Guy's Hospital, London (1961-1964). . Senior Lecturer in Social and Preventive in Queen's University from 1968-1988. Head of the Department of Community Medicine at Queen's before took early retirement.
Books
Nótaí ón lia
This is the first book in Irish to give a clear straightforward account of a selection of various diseases and medical conditions. An appeal is made to produce a complete disease encylopedia based on this model. Doctors, nurses, health workers in Ireland would welcome this kind of material. Other publications by this author include: "Belfast:100 years of Public Health" (1988); "Health and Sickness: the choice of treatment" (1973); "A Northern Ireland Community Health Study" (1978); "Ethical Issues in Preventive Medicine" (1985); "Child Sexual Abuse in Northern Ireland" (1990); "La Valutazione dell' Assitenza Sanitaria" (1985).