At 11:47 AM 5/1/2013, c b wrote:
>Chris was a list member.
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>Charles
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>http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2012/apr/27/chris-burford-obituary
>Chris Burford obituary
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> Dinah Hutchinson
> guardian.co.uk, Friday 27 April 2012 06.50 EDT
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>Chris Burford
>The ideas of Chris Burford, a consultant psychiatrist at St Ann's
>hospital, Tottenham, were at first considered radical, but over the
>years earned him respect
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>My brother, Chris Burford, who has died aged 67 of a pulmonary
>embolism, was an NHS consultant psychiatrist. He worked for a large
>part of his professional life at St Ann's hospital, in Tottenham,
>north London.
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>His early work focused on adolescent mental health, and included
>treating young anorexia sufferers. Chris was keen to reduce the stigma
>attached to a range of mental health problems. He pioneered a
>team-based multi-disciplinary approach, with less reliance on
>medication and increased community-based support. His ideas were at
>first considered radical and controversial, sometimes unwelcome to the
>establishment, but over the years earned him respect.
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>He was born Dion Chris Burford in London, one of three children of
>Leon Burford, a businessman, and his wife, Joan. He was called Dion by
>his family but soon called himself Chris, in his medical work, and in
>other areas a much more friendly and easily acceptable name than one
>based on ancient Greek.
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>He grew up in Wimbledon, where our mother ran a pre-preparatory school
>in the family home. Chris went to King's College school, Wimbledon,
>and then to Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he read history. Towards the
>end of his course, he decided he wanted to study medicine so, having
>finished his history degree, he returned home to study for science
>A-levels. He went back to Peterhouse to read medicine, qualifying in
>1973.
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>He had a wide range of interests, among them religions including
>Buddhism, Islam and latterly the Quakers. In his youth, he travelled
>to mainland China, interested in communism. He studied German at the
>Goethe Institute. He campaigned against the regime in South Africa
>through Doctors Against Apartheid, and against poverty.
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>He was diagnosed with cancer in 2006 and retired in 2010, but remained
>very active. Only days before his death, he was preparing notes for a
>meeting.
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>His work on psychosis was known worldwide and he was involved in the
>International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to
>Psychosis; an annual lecture in his name will be inaugurated this year
>by the society's US branch.
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>Chris was divorced. Our younger brother David predeceased him in 2008.
>He is survived by me and his nieces and nephews
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