Caldicott, Helen
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Name (Latin)
Caldicott, Helen
Other forms of name
Broinowski Caldicott, Helen
Broinowski, Helen
Caldicott, Helen Broinowski
Caldicott, Helen Mary
Caldicott, H. (Helen)
Date of birth
1938-08-07
Associated country
Australia
United States
Field of activity
Medical sciences
Nuclear weapons
Pediatrics
Occupation
Teachers
Authors
Medical scientists
Physicians
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Crisis without end, 2014:t.p. (Helen Caldicott) p. 243 (Dr. Helen Caldicott; co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility; president of the Helen Caldicott Foundation/NuclearFreePlanet.org)
- Helen Broinowski Caldicott was born on August 7, 1938, Melbourne, Vic., Australia. Australian-born American physician and activist whose advocacy focused on the medical and environmental hazards of nuclear weapons. She graduated in 1961 from the University of Adelaide Medical School with Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees (the equivalent of an American M.D.). She began her antinuclear activism in 1971. In 1975 Caldicott and her family moved to the United States. Settling in Boston, she became an associate at Children's Hospital Medical Center and an instructor in pediatrics at Harvard Medical School (1977-80). In 1978 Caldicott revived an organization known as Physicians for Social Responsibility and redirected its focus to the health risks posed by nuclear power. She founded a Washington, D.C., lobbying group, Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament, in 1980 ( (Encyclopaedia Britannica website, February 11, 2015) )
- OCLC, February 11, 2015(hdg.: Caldicott, Helen Broinowski; Caldicott, Helen (Helen Mary), 1938-; usage: Helen Broinowski Caldicott; Helen Caldicott)
- Wikipedia, February 11, 2015(Helen Mary Caldicott; b. August 7, 1938; Australian physician, author, and anti-nuclear advocate)
- Her Nuclear madness, 1979:t.p. (Helen Caldicott) verso t.p. (Helen M. Caldicott) p. 5 (Dr.; practices at Boston's Children's Hosp. Med. Center)
- A desperate passion, 1996:CIP t.p. (Helen Broinowski Caldicott, M.D.)
- Message for the coming time, 1983:t.p. (H. Caldicott)
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Wikipedia description:
Helen Mary Caldicott (born 7 August 1938) is an Australian physician, author, and anti-nuclear advocate. She founded several associations dedicated to opposing the use of nuclear power, depleted uranium munitions, nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons proliferation, and military action in general.
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