Matches in DBpedia 2015-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Frances_Ames> ?p ?o }
Showing triples 1 to 64 of
64
with 100 triples per page.
- Frances_Ames abstract "Frances Rix Ames (20 April 1920 – 11 November 2002) was a South African neurologist, psychiatrist, and human rights activist, best known for supporting a medical ethics inquiry into the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, who died from medical neglect after being tortured in police custody. When the South African Medical and Dental Council (SAMDC) declined to discipline the chief district surgeon and his assistant who treated Biko, Ames and a group of five academics and physicians raised funds and fought an eight-year legal battle against the medical establishment. Ames risked her personal safety and academic career in her pursuit of justice, taking the dispute to the South African Supreme Court, where she eventually won the case in 1985.Born in Pretoria and raised in poverty in Cape Town, Ames was the first woman to receive a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Cape Town in 1954; a decade later, she become its first female professor. Ames studied the effects of cannabis on the brain and published several articles on the subject; seeing the therapeutic benefits of cannabis on patients in her own hospital, she became an early proponent of legalization for medicinal use. She headed the neurology department at Groote Schuur Hospital before retiring in 1985, but continued to lecture at Valkenberg and Alexandra Hospital. After apartheid was finally dismantled in 1994, Ames testified at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission about her work on the "Biko doctors" medical ethics inquiry. In 1999, Nelson Mandela awarded Ames the Star of South Africa in recognition of her work on behalf of human rights.".
- Frances_Ames birthDate "1920-04-20".
- Frances_Ames birthPlace Pretoria.
- Frances_Ames birthYear "1920".
- Frances_Ames deathDate "2002-11-11".
- Frances_Ames deathPlace Rondebosch.
- Frances_Ames deathYear "2002".
- Frances_Ames education University_of_Cape_Town.
- Frances_Ames wikiPageExternalLink 163d3daadd40c97bbef0e3abadf8342b?subClipIn=00:00:00&subClipOut=00:02:38.
- Frances_Ames wikiPageExternalLink 1096126.
- Frances_Ames wikiPageID "43518832".
- Frances_Ames wikiPageRevisionID "645796607".
- Frances_Ames align "right".
- Frances_Ames birthPlace Pretoria.
- Frances_Ames dateOfBirth "1920-04-20".
- Frances_Ames dateOfDeath "2002-11-11".
- Frances_Ames deathDate "2002-11-11".
- Frances_Ames deathPlace Rondebosch.
- Frances_Ames education University_of_Cape_Town.
- Frances_Ames knownFor "Exposing medical neglect of Steve Biko".
- Frances_Ames name "Ames, Frances".
- Frances_Ames name "Frances Ames".
- Frances_Ames placeOfBirth "Pretoria, South Africa".
- Frances_Ames placeOfDeath "Cape Town, South Africa".
- Frances_Ames prizes Order_of_the_Star_of_South_Africa.
- Frances_Ames shortDescription "South African physician".
- Frances_Ames video "Frances Ames talking abut the poisoning of political activist Siphiwo Mtimkulu, April 1996".
- Frances_Ames workInstitutions Groote_Schuur_Hospital.
- Frances_Ames workInstitutions Valkenberg_Hospital.
- Frances_Ames description "South African physician".
- Frances_Ames description "South African physician".
- Frances_Ames subject Category:1920_births.
- Frances_Ames subject Category:2002_deaths.
- Frances_Ames subject Category:Anti-apartheid_activists.
- Frances_Ames subject Category:Cannabis_researchers.
- Frances_Ames subject Category:People_from_Cape_Town.
- Frances_Ames subject Category:People_from_Pretoria.
- Frances_Ames subject Category:South_African_human_rights_activists.
- Frances_Ames subject Category:South_African_medical_doctors.
- Frances_Ames subject Category:South_African_whistleblowers.
- Frances_Ames subject Category:University_of_Cape_Town_alumni.
- Frances_Ames type Agent.
- Frances_Ames type Medician.
- Frances_Ames type Person.
- Frances_Ames type Scientist.
- Frances_Ames type Person.
- Frances_Ames type Agent.
- Frances_Ames type NaturalPerson.
- Frances_Ames type Thing.
- Frances_Ames type Q215627.
- Frances_Ames type Q5.
- Frances_Ames type Q901.
- Frances_Ames type Person.
- Frances_Ames comment "Frances Rix Ames (20 April 1920 – 11 November 2002) was a South African neurologist, psychiatrist, and human rights activist, best known for supporting a medical ethics inquiry into the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, who died from medical neglect after being tortured in police custody.".
- Frances_Ames label "Frances Ames".
- Frances_Ames sameAs m.011l81lt.
- Frances_Ames sameAs Q17626455.
- Frances_Ames sameAs Q17626455.
- Frances_Ames wasDerivedFrom Frances_Ames?oldid=645796607.
- Frances_Ames givenName "Frances".
- Frances_Ames isPrimaryTopicOf Frances_Ames.
- Frances_Ames name "Ames, Frances".
- Frances_Ames name "Frances Ames".
- Frances_Ames surname "Ames".