| The pain had waxed and waned during the intervening months, and he had been to several other health clinicians. |
| When the clinicians appreciated that the diagnosis was locked-in syndrome, the climate of care changed. |
| Often faculty are not clinicians but other health professionals and lay community members. |
| Adequate knowledge and training of clinicians will minimize the occurrence of such serious complications. |
| Clear aims and defined outcomes are essential and are likely to be helped by the involvement of lay people and NHS clinicians. |
| When I go to the doctor, the clinicians never position my arm level with my heart. |
