Contested decision-making about life-sustaining treatment for adults after catastrophic brain injury
Is current law and practice fit for purpose and how can we work together to make it better? Professor Turner-Stokes is a consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine and Director of the Regional Hyper-acute Rehabilitation Unit at Northwick Park Hospital; and Chair of the Royal College of Physicians Guideline Development Groups for Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness.

All welcome. The lecture will be followed by a short drinks reception. This lecture is convened by Professor Jenny Kitzinger (University of Cardiff) as part of a project supported by the Sheila Kitzinger Programme.
Date: 19 March 2026, 17:45
Venue: Lecture Theatre (access information: https://www.accessguide.ox.ac.uk/green-templeton )
Speaker: Professor Lynne Turner-Stokes (King's College London)
Booking required?: Recommended
Booking url: https://www.gtc.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/event/contested-decision-making-about-life-sustaining-treatment-for-adults-after-catastrophic-brain-injury/
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Ruth Scobie