Person

Hailes, Dorothy Jean (Jean) (1926 - 1988)

Born

22 June 1926
Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia

Died

27 November 1988
South Yarra, Victoria, Australia

Occupation

Medical practitioner

Alternative Names

Kay, Dorothy (married name)

Summary

Jean Hailes was a medical practitioner whose primary focus was on women's health issues. She was critical of her fellow doctors' neglect of the "minor" symptoms brought to them by older women and an early advocate in Australia of hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women. At Prince Henry's and the Royal Women's Hospitals in Melbourne she ran clinics to address the needs of these patients. In 1982 Hailes was involved in a national conference on menopause which ultimately became the Australasian Menopause Society. The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health was established in 1992.

Details

Chronology

1949: Education - MB BS, University of Melbourne
1950: Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Royal Melbourne Hospital
1962 - 1972: Career position - Medical Officer, Australian Red Cross Society (Victorian Division) Blood Transfusion Service
1975 - 1980: Career position - Medical Officer in charge, Family Planning Clinic, Prince Henry's Hospital, Melbourne
1976 - 1986: Career position - Medical Officer in charge, Menopause Clinic, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne
1986: Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to medicine particularly in relation to women

Husband

Kay, Henry Buckhurst (Ted) (1915 - 1995)

Related Corporate Bodies

Royal Women's Hospital (1954 - )
Medical Officer in charge, Menopause Clinic 1976 - 1986

Published resources

Book Sections

Hunter, Cecily, 'Hailes, Dorothy Jean (1926 - 1988), medical practitioner' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K, Diane Langmore, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2007), pp. 473-4. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hailes-dorothy-jean-12579. Details

Journal Articles

Menelaus, Margaret and Burger, Henry, 'Dorothy Jean Hailes', Medical Journal of Australia, 151 (1989), 482. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21536889. Details
'Hailes, Jean (19260622-19881127)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-488314. Details

Resource Sections

Heywood, Anne, 'Hailes, Dorothy (Jean) (1926 - 1988)', in The Australian Women's Register, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0751b.htm. Details

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