About Maurice Yaffé
Lived 1944 – 1989 (aged 44–45). Maurice Yaffé was a psychologist.
Maurice Yaffé (1944/45 - 27 October 1989) was a British psychologist who was Principal Clinical Psychologist at Guy's Hospital. He studied the psychology of sex and fear of flying, and served on the British Olympic Association's medical advisory committee.
In the 1970s he worked on the Longford Report.
His book "Sexual Happiness: a practical approach" was described as pervaded by a "healthy optimism".
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Who was Maurice Yaffé?
British psychologist
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Maurice Yaffé was born in 1944.
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Maurice Yaffé died on 27 October 1989.
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Maurice Yaffé was a psychologist.
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