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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2003-12-02 human Ailie Smith updated 2022-06-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004530b.htm person Ford Bruce Francis CBE MBE AACR2 15 July 1927 2 August 2001 Place of Birth Australia Place of Death Australia Physician Bruce Ford worked in the medical profession for many years, including seventeen years as a general practitioner in and around Canberra, despite facing discrimination early in his career due to having cerebral palsy. Ford later moved into rehabilitation and geriatric medicine, working for many years at the Alfred and Caulfield Hospitals in Melbourne. 1951 1951 Career position - Junior Resident Medical Officer at the Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney 1952 1952 Career position - Senior Resident Medical Officer at the Canberra Community Hospital 1952 1953 Career position - Junior/Senior Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, New South Wales 1953 1953 Career position - Senior Resident Medical Officer in the Orthopaedic Section of the Children's Hospital, Melbourne 1961 1968 Career position - Director of Rehabilitation at the Canberra Hospital 1967 1971 Career position - Sessional Consultant in rehabilitation at the Canberra Hospital 1967 1971 Career position - Medical Officer in rehabilitation and geriatrics at the Canberra Hospital 1968 1968 Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) 1971 1989 Career position - Director of Rehabilitation Services at the Alfred and Caulfield Hospitals 1972 1988 Career position - Specialist in charge of the Caulfield Rehabilitation/Geriatric Hospital 1980 1982 Career position - Chairman, Victorian Committee for the International Year of Disabled Persons 1981 1981 Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 1988 1991 Career position - Active Consultant at the Alfred group of hospitals Ford, Bruce (19270715-20010802)

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 'Ford, Bruce Francis', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Ford, Bruce Francis Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Newspaper Article: Obituary: Dr Bruce Francis Ford, CBE, Champion of the disabled Feely, Simon Obituary: Dr Bruce Francis Ford, CBE, Champion of the disabled 2001 The Age