Judy Greenwood
Scope and Contents
Draft chapter, titled "Judy G. Reminiscences", for an unpublished book, AIDS capital of Europe. It was intended that medical professionals across Edinburgh would each contribute a chapter to this edited history of the evolution of HIV treatment and care in the city. Also includes a five-page typed report describing the amenities of the Craigmillar Day Centre, minutes of the preceeding Craigmillar Alcohol Interest Group, and one photograph.
Dates
- Creation: 1979-1997
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Biographical / Historical
Dr. Greenwood became a general practitioner (GP) in London and Oxford from 1962 to 1974, and moved to Edinburgh in 1976. She was appointed a fellow in community psychiatry (at senior registrar grade) based in Craigmillar in 1979, where she was involved in running the Craigmillar Alcohol Interest Group and Craigmillar Day Centre, which offered support to those affected by alcohol addiction and the general population respectively.
In the 1980s, Dr. Greenwood volunteered to be the medical consultant legally required to be present at needle exchanges in Leith Hospital outpatient department at the height of the HIV crisis.
Although needle exchange allowed HIV to decrease, Greenwood began to realise that exchanges were not enough to limit the spread of the virus. As a result, she was appointed as a Drug Consultant in 1988, founding the Local AIDS Group with a group of Muirhouse-based GPs in the same year.
Dr Greenwood was also on the Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs in 1993. She retired in 1997.
Full Extent
2 folders
Language of Materials
English
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Lothian Health Services Archive Repository
Centre for Research Collections
Edinburgh University Library
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
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