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Patrick Dixon is an author and business consultant, often described as a futurist, and chairman of the trends forecasting company Global Change Ltd.〔Ciaran Parker, ''The Thinkers 50''. Praeger Publishers, 2005. ISBN 0-275-99145-8〕 He is also founder of the international AIDS agency ACET and Chairman of the ACET International Alliance. In 2005, he was ranked as one of the 20 most influential business thinkers alive according to the ''Thinkers 50'' (a private survey printed in ''The Times'').〔(Thinkers 50 2005 )〕 Dixon was also included in the ''Independent on Sundays 2010 "Happy List", with reference to ACET and his other work tackling the stigma of AIDS.〔(The IoS Happy List 2010 – the 100 ), Independent on Sunday, 25 April 2010〕 ==Medical career== Patrick Dixon studied Medical Sciences at King's College, Cambridge and continued medical training at Charing Cross Hospital, London.〔 In 1978, while a medical student, he founded the IT startup Medicom, selling medical software solutions in the UK and the Middle East, based on early personal computers. After qualifying as a physician he cared for people dying of cancer at St Joseph's Hospice and then as part of the Community Care Team based at University College Hospital, London, while also continuing IT consulting part-time. In 1988〔 he launched the AIDS charity ACET, following publication of his first book ''The Truth about AIDS'', which warned of an unfolding catastrophe that has since hit many nations in sub-Saharan Africa. ACET grew rapidly, providing home care services across London and other parts of the UK, as well as a national sex education programme in schools, reaching more than 450,000 students. Dixon no longer practices as a physician, but remains actively involved as Chairman of the ACET International Alliance. This is now a network of independent national AIDS care and prevention programmes, sharing the same name and values, active in 23 countries in Europe, Africa and Asia.〔(www.acet-international.org )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Patrick Dixon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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