Joan Bicknell | |
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| Born | 10 April 1939 Isleworth, United Kingdom |
| Died | 12 June 2017 (aged 78) Stalbridge, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
Joan Bicknell (10 April 1939 – 12 June 2017) was Britain's first female psychiatry professor. She worked at St George's, University of London and pioneered the area of learning disability. She confronted cruelty at psychiatric hospitals and was a human rights advocate of institutionalized people with intellectual disabilities, unpopular with and never accepted by the medical establishment. She introduced multidisciplinary hospital management and community-based care.