Justus A. Akinsanya
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Justus Akinbayo Akinsanya | |
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| Birth name | Justus Akinbayo Akinsanya |
| Born | 31 December 1936 Okun-Owa,Ijebu, nurse ,human biologist |
| Years active | 1936-2005 |
Justus Akinbayo Akinsanya,
Early life and career
Born in
Akinsanya developed the Akinsanya model of bionursing (1985), which he defined as clinical nursing that uses in practice the principles of natural sciences such as biology.[1]
He held positions as a teacher, administrator and researcher, including being a lecturer at the Institute of Management and Technology in Enugu from 1976 until 1977, before becoming Reader and later Professor and Head of the Health Care Research Unit at the Dorset Institute, now Bournemouth University, from 1985 until 1989.
He subsequently took up the post of Dean of the newly created Faculty of Health and Social Work at
He was made an Emeritus Professor on retirement in 1996, and then devoted his time to the charitable activities of Disability Croydon, Nurses Fund for Nurses and the
Personal life
He had been involved in the
Death
He died in London at the age of 68 after contracting an infection at the International Council of Nurses conference in Taiwan some months earlier.
References
- ^ "Professor Justus A Akinsanya". Royal College of Nursing, Fellows. Archived from the original on 22 October 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2006.
- PMID 2124890.
- ^ "RCN Fellows and Honorary Fellows". Royal College of Nursing. Retrieved 7 November 2022.