BARONESS COX OF QUEENSBURY

Caroline Anne Cox ur.6.07.1937

Baroness cr. 1982 (Life Peer), of Queensbury in Greater London; a Baroness in Waiting, April-August 1985; a Deputy Speaker, House of Lords, since 1986 to present.

SRN 1958, BSc(Soc) 1^st Cl. Hons 1967; MSc(Econ) 1969, London University; FRCN 1985; PhD(Hon), Polish University in London; Doctor of Humanities, Honoris Causa, University of Utah; CNAA Hon LLD; Honorary Doctorate, University of Yerevan, Armenia; D.Univ, University of Surrey; Hon.DSS, Queen.s University Belfast, 1996; DHCC, University of Central England, 1998; DSc Honoris Causa, City University,1999; Hon. DSc.University of Wolverhampton,1999. Hon Degree from Eastern College, USA,2000.

Praca:
Head of Dept. of Sociology, Polytechnic of North London, 1974-77; Director, Nursing Education Research Unit, Chelsea College, University of London, 1977-84; co-Director, Education Research Trust, 1980- ; Chancellor of Bournemouth University.

President: Christian Solidarity Worldwide; Tushinskaya (Moscow) Children.s Hospital Trust; London Bible College; Standing Conference of Women.s Organisations. Vice-President: The Royal College of Nursing of the UK; International Management Centres; Girl Guides Association; Love Russia.

Patron: Medical Aid for Poland Fund; Youth With a Mission (England); Premier Radio; Physicians for Human Rights, UK; .Rescare.; ICON; HealthProm;

Trustee: MERLIN (Medical Emergency Relief International); Siberian Medical University, Tomsk; The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation; The Nuffield Trust.

Member of Board/Advisory Council . Accident and Emergency Nursing Non-Executive Director . Andrei Sakharow Foundation.

Publikacje:
liczne publikacje z zakresu edukacji i opieki zdrowotnej m.in. „A Sociology of Medical Practice" 1975 (praca zbiorowa), „The Rape of Reason: The Corruption of the Medical Practice" 1975 (praca zbiorowa), „The Right to Learn" 1982, „Sociology: A Guide for Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors" 1983, „Trajectories of Despair; Misdiagnosis & Maltreatment of Soviet Orphans" 1991, „Ethnic Cleansing in Progress: War in Nagorno Karabakh" (współautor) 1993, „Made to care: The Case for Residential and Village Communities for People with a Mental Handicap" (with M. Pearson) 1995, „Remorse: The most Dreadful Sentiment" (współautor) w: „Remorse and Reparation", red. Murray Cox 1998.

Zainteresowania:
prawa człowieka, pomoc humanitarna, edukacja, ochrona zdrowia