Person
Hailes, Dorothy Jean (Jean) (1926 - 1988)
- Born
- 22 June 1926
Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 27 November 1988
South Yarra, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Medical practitioner
- Alternative Names
- Kay, Dorothy (married name)
Summary
Jean Hailes was a medical practitioner whose primary focus was on women's health issues. She was critical of her fellow doctors' neglect of the "minor" symptoms brought to them by older women and an early advocate in Australia of hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women. At Prince Henry's and the Royal Women's Hospitals in Melbourne she ran clinics to address the needs of these patients. In 1982 Hailes was involved in a national conference on menopause which ultimately became the Australasian Menopause Society. The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health was established in 1992.
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Chronology
- 1949
- Education - MB BS, University of Melbourne
- 1950
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Royal Melbourne Hospital
- 1962 - 1972
- Career position - Medical Officer, Australian Red Cross Society (Victorian Division) Blood Transfusion Service
- 1975 - 1980
- Career position - Medical Officer in charge, Family Planning Clinic, Prince Henry's Hospital, Melbourne
- 1976 - 1986
- Career position - Medical Officer in charge, Menopause Clinic, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne
- 1986
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to medicine particularly in relation to women
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Hunter, Cecily, 'Hailes, Dorothy Jean (1926 - 1988), medical practitioner' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K, Diane Langmore, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2007), pp. 473-4. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hailes-dorothy-jean-12579. Details
Journal Articles
- Menelaus, Margaret and Burger, Henry, 'Dorothy Jean Hailes', Medical Journal of Australia, 151 (1989), 482. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21536889. Details
- 'Hailes, Jean (19260622-19881127)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-488314. Details
Resource Sections
- Heywood, Anne, 'Hailes, Dorothy (Jean) (1926 - 1988)', in The Australian Women's Register, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0751b.htm. Details
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