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James A. Knight, MD (October 20, 1918 – July 17, 1998) was a psychiatrist, theologian, medical ethicist, and ordained Methodist minister.〔New Orleans Times Picayune obituary, July 18, 1998.〕 His principal contributions were in medical student development, the intersection of psychiatry and religion, ethical issues in medicine, and the understanding of conscience.〔 Knight was born in St. George, South Carolina, on October 20, 1918. He graduated from Wofford College and earned his MD at Vanderbilt University. He completed his post-graduate medical training at Grady Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, and at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina. Additionally, Knight completed a Master of Divinity Degree at Duke University and a Masters of Public Health Degree from Tulane University. Knight held the Harkness Chair in Psychiatry and Religion at Union Theological Seminary in New York.〔Albert C. Outler, (Pastoral Psychology ), vol. 14, no. 9, p. 4 (1963).〕 He then served in a variety of administrative posts, including Dean of Admissions at Tulane University School of Medicine, where he promoted the admission of people of diverse ethnic and educational backgrounds into medical school. Knight was the first Dean of the newly formed Texas A&M University College of Medicine, a post he held for five years (1973 - 1978).〔(Texas State Historical Society ), accessed April 6, 2012.〕 He subsequently left university administrative posts to finish his career as a professor at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans and return to the Texas A&M College of Medicine as professor from 1992 - 1997.〔Charles C. Sprague, foreword in "Doctor-To-Be: Coping with the Trials and Triumphs of Medical School", James A. Knight, Appleton-Century-Crofts, publishers, 1981, ISBN 0-8385-1722-6.〕 Knight's many awards included the Distinguished Alumni Award from Wofford College in 1971,〔(The National Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award of Wofford College ), accessed March 20, 2012.〕 and one for his leadership of the Society for Health and Human Values.〔The Society for Health and Human Values became part of the (American Society for Bioethics and Humanities ) as of 1998.〕 He was a member of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.〔 Knight earned a fellowship from the World Health Organization for study at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zürich, Switzerland, in 1961.〔 During World War II, he served as a U.S. Navy Chaplain on the USS Sanctuary Haven-class hospital ship. He died on July 17, 1998, at the age of 79.〔 ==References== 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「James A. Knight」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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