Person
Beal, Susan (1935 - )
- Born
- 1935
- Occupation
- Paediatrician
Summary
Susan Beal was assigned to research cot fatalities while working at the Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital during the 1970s. After extensive research she identified placing infants to sleep on their stomachs as a risk factor of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
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Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Books
- Murray, James, Lifework: Heroes of Australian Health (Edgecliff, NSW: Focus Publishing for [Medical Benefits Fund of Australia Ltd], 1997), 160 pp. Details
Resources
- 'Beal, Susan (1935-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-783634. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 20 February 2003