Avedis donabedian biography of william shakespeare

Lebanese physician

Avedis Donabedian (7 January &#; 9 November ) was a physician and founder of the study of quality in health care and medical outcomes research, most famously as a creator of the Donabedian model of care.

Early life

Avedis Donabedian was born in Beirut, Lebanon, in an Armenian family from Western Armenia. Although the rest of his parents' families perished from the Armenian genocide, Donabedian's immediate family was able to escape, ultimately migrating to Mandatory Palestine.

His father had qualified as a doctor at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon and soon after set up practice in the small Christian town of Ramallah, near Jerusalem. Donabedian received his early education at the Friends' (Quaker) school there and subsequently followed his father in studying medicine at the American University of Beirut.^[1]

Career

Donabedian received the degree of BA in and MD in and subsequently worked at the English Mission