Susan Jane Harper Sprigge

bmj;386/jul09_4/q1474/FAF1faJane Harper was the daughter of a Canadian infantry officer and a military nurse, from whom she inherited her integrity, drive, and whimsy—and love of Canada. After graduating, Jane interned in New Zealand and then returned to Montreal, where she met her husband. They moved to Merseyside in 1982.Jane was a consultant in—and, for a term, director of—intensive care at the Royal Liverpool Hospital from 1993 until her retirement in 2013. She helped expand and unite the department, alongside her role as the incisive editor of the Journal of the Intensive Care Society. She was dedicated to her job, loved by the nurses in the intensive therapy unit, and a role model for many women in medicine.Jane loved music, literature, the outdoors, travelling, and being with her family. She was a loving mother to our two daughters and adored her three grandchildren.
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