Vicky Clement-Jones | |
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 Appearing onAfter Dark (far left) in 1987, morehere | |
| Born | Vicky Veronica Yip (1948-12-23)23 December 1948 |
| Died | 30 July 1987(1987-07-30) (aged 38) |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, Medical researcher |
| Medical career | |
| Field | Neurology, Thoracic medicine |
| Institutions | St Bartholomew's Hospital |
| Research | Opioid peptides |
Vicky Veronica Clement-Jones (née Yip; 23 December 1948 – 30 July 1987)[1] was aHong Kong-born Englishphysician andmedical researcher. Her own diagnosis withovarian cancer led her to found the British Association for Cancer United Patients (BACUP) in 1984.
Vicky Veronica Yip was born in 1948 inHong Kong toTeddy Yip, a Chinese businessman, and Susie Ho. In 1957, Yip and her four siblings moved with their mother toEast Grinstead,West Sussex.[1] She was educated at the Notre Dame Convent School inLingfield, Surrey, and East Grinstead County Grammar School. She graduated fromGirton College, Cambridge, in 1971 with a first in medical science, archaeology and anthropology, and went on to study medicine atSt Thomas's Hospital Medical School.[2]
She marriedTimothy Clement-Jones in 1973 and graduated from St Thomas's with anMB BCh in 1974. After qualifying, she held house posts at St Thomas's and was eventually promoted to senior house physician inneurology andthoracic medicine. She was appointed a medical registrar atSt Bartholomew's Hospital in 1976 and was awarded a bursary to research theopioid peptides involved in responses to pain. After designing aradioimmunoassay for one of these peptides, her findings were published inNature.[1]
Clement-Jones was diagnosed withovarian cancer in 1982, at which point she said she "crossed the divide from doctor to patient".[3] This led her to establish the British Association for Cancer United Patients (BACUP), an organisation to provide information, advice and emotional support to cancer patients. BACUP was registered as a charity in 1984 and later became the largest organisation of its kind in the United Kingdom.[1][2] The name BACUP was changed to CancerBACUP in 1998 and to Cancerbackup in 2006, in an effort to more clearly define what the charity did.[4]
On 26 June 1987 she made anextended appearance on the British television discussion programmeAfter Dark, discussing"Killing With Care?". The following month, on 30 July, Clement-Jones died, aged 38, exactly five years from the day she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.[1][5]
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