Sudden Death in the Young: A Terrible Waste

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Sudden death in the young is more common than you think, and is, as my own family knows only too well, an appalling injustice in terms of lost life and potential. This lecture considers the causes of sudden death, its impact on families, the difficulties of carrying out research, and some of the legal and social obstacles to discovering more.

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This event was on Wed, 18 Jan 2017

Professor Martin Elliott

Professor Martin Elliott

Professor of Physic

Gresham Professor of Physic and Co-Medical Director at The Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London (GOSH).

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