Leighton, Dorothea Cross, 1908-1992
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Name (Latin)
Leighton, Dorothea Cross, 1908-1992
Other forms of name
Cross, Dorothea, 1908-1992
Leighton, Alexander H., Mrs., 1908-1992
Leighton, Dorothea Cross, 1908-
Cross, Dorothea, 1908-
Leighton, Alexander H., Mrs., 1908-
Leighton, Dorothea, 1908-
Date of birth
1908-09-02
Date of death
1992
Gender
female
Sources of Information
- Leighton, A. H. The Navaho door, 1944.
- Leighton, A. H.The Navaho door, 1944.
- NUCMC data from No. Ariz. Univ. for Her Papers, 1940-1944(Leighton, Dorothea Cross; married Alexander H. Leighton; psychiatrist; d. 1992)
- LC man. auth. cd.(hdg.: Leighton, Dorothea Cross, 1908- ; Dorothea Cross; Mrs. Alexander H. Leighton)
Wikipedia description:
Dorothea Cross Leighton (September 2, 1908 – August 15, 1989) was an American social psychiatrist and a founder of the field of medical anthropology. Leighton held faculty positions at Cornell University and the University of North Carolina and she was the founding president of the Society for Medical Anthropology. She and her husband, Alexander Leighton, wrote The Navajo Door, which has been described as the first written work in applied medical anthropology.
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