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Professor Lynne Turner-Stokes

Professor Lynne Turner-Stokes explains the conditions under which a patient can be determined to be in a permanent' vegetative state. She emphasises the need for skilled and repeat assessments.

  • Background

    Lynne Turner-Stokes is a consultant in rehabilitation medicine and Herbert Dunhill Medicine Professor of Rehabilitation, King’s College London. She chaired the Royal College of Physicians working party on prolonged disorders...

  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Esther

    Esther, age 41, developed asthma when she was in her 20's but was not properly diagnosed until sometime later, after having her first child. She is white British and lives with her partner and two children. She works as a primary school teacher. It took a while to come to terms with the idea of taking medication on a long term basis. She had a period of time a few years ago when she was very unwell after suffering from pneumonia, but more recently she has felt fit and healthy, and regularly exercises including running and jogging.

  • Background

    Esther, age 41, developed asthma when she was in her 20's but was not properly diagnosed until sometime later, after having her first child. She is white British and lives...

  • Age at interview 41
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Interview 09 - Making decisions about birth after caesarean

    Pregnant with twins, had CS when she did not dilate beyond 9cm. Felt happy with her care and recovered well but disliked need for support after the operation. Keen to have vaginal birth with 2nd child. Went two weeks overdue, then delivered very quickly after being induced.

  • Background

    Dentist with twins aged four and a half. Husband is also a dentist. Ethnic background’ White British (Northern Irish).

  • Age at interview 33
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Caron - Parents of children on the Autism Spectrum

    Caron's son, Leo, was diagnosed with autism when he was three. He attends a mainstream primary school but Caron worries that he is not receiving appropriate support.

  • Background

    Caron, a full time carer, and her husband have two sons; Leo aged five and Peter aged 2. Ethnic background/nationality: Mixed race.

  • Age at interview 24
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Oliver - Depression and low mood

    Oliver is 23 and a fulltime postgraduate student at university. He was diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) at 8 and later on, just previous to the interview, with early onset bipolar disorder. Originally from the United States, Oliver has mainly been dealing with consultants back home and has had difficulties getting to see a specialist over in the UK. Oliver says he wants to find ways to get better; 'I want to find the right solution, not just the easy one'.

  • Background

    See ‘Brief outline’

  • Age at interview 23
  • Sex/Gender Male
  • B - Depression and low mood

    B is 19 and in college. When she was younger she experienced abuse and she also lost several close family members at a young age. B had a difficult journey to deal with the problems, she was hospitalised several times and she attempted suicide a few times. B says her life turned when she made a decision to want to accept the help and do something with her life. She's now looking forward to future and expecting a baby. (Zambia).

  • Background

    See ‘Brief outline’

  • Age at interview 19
  • Sex/Gender Female
  • Julie and Corrie

    Wesley (Interview 03), Julie's son and Corrie's brother, sustained a traumatic brain injury when he fell off a moped on holiday in Turkey.

  • Background

    Mother’ Julie is a Senior Day Centre Officer. She is divorced and has two grown-up children, Corrie, 33, and Wesley, 30. Ethnic background’ White British. Daughter’ Corrie is an accountant....

  • Sex/Gender Female
  • John

    He had a spinal cord injury.

  • Background

    At the time of publishing this website, this person was in the process of filing a compensation claim. We cannot display further information until the case has been resolved.

  • Sex/Gender Male
  • Jack

    Jack's leg was amputated and he now uses a prosthetic leg.

  • Background

    At the time of publishing this website, this person was in the process of filing a compensation claim. We cannot display further information until the case has been resolved.

  • Sex/Gender Male