Ann Cartwright

{{Short description|British sociologist (born 1925)}} {{for|the American politician|Anne Cartwright}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}

'''Ann Cartwright''' (born 1925) is a British statistician and socio-medical researcher. Her Institute for Social Studies in Medical Care was launched by [[Michael Young, Baron Young of Dartington|Michael Young]], initially under the auspices of his [[Institute of Community Studies]] where Cartwright went to work in 1960.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F84zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=z-YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4121,8165915&dq=ann-cartwright+institute+of+community+studies&hl=en|title=Patients are Human|date=3 February 1965|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|accessdate=17 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Michael Young: social entrepreneur|last=Briggs|first=Asa|date=2001|publisher=Palgrave|isbn=9780230508521|location=Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire|oclc=69663324}}</ref>

The Institute produced numerous books and reports for the Department of Health which explored issues with the use and perception of primary medical care in Britain.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Social research in Bethnal Green: an evaluation of the work of the Institute of Community Studies.|last=Jennifer.|first=Platt|date=1971|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=0333100921|location=[London]|oclc=235511}}</ref> One report (''Medicine Takers, Prescribers & Hoarders'', 1972) was written with [[Karen Dunnell]], now the UK's [[National Statistician]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Medicine takers, prescribers, and hoarders|last=Karen.|first=Dunnell|others=Cartwright, Ann|date=23 November 1972 |isbn=0710073518|location=London|oclc=632006}}</ref> Others included ''Patients & Their Doctors'' (1967), ''Parent & Family Planning Services'' (1970), ''Life Before Death'' (1973, with Hockey & Anderson and ''The Role of Residential and Nursing Homes in the Last Year of People's Lives'' (1988).

Cartwright retired in 1993 and the institute was subsequently disbanded.

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