Nationality British Role Professor | Name Joan Busfield Fields Sociology Institutions University of Essex | |
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Born 22 June 1940 (age 84) ( 1940-06-22 ) Books Men - Women and Mad, Thinking about Children, Health and health care in moder, Managing Madness (Psycholo, Managing Madness: Changing | ||
Baroness Lister receives her Honorary Degree at the University of Essex
Joan Busfield (born 22 June 1940), is a British sociologist and psychologist, Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex and former President of the British Sociological Association (2003–2005). Her research focuses on psychiatry and mental disorder.
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Education
She originally trained as a clinical psychologist at the Tavistock Clinic, and holds an MA from St Andrews, and an MA and a PhD from Essex.
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