Lauren Kim Roche
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Lauren Kim Roche is a bestselling author and physician. She was born in Miramar, New Zealand
, a suburb of Wellington
. In 1991, she obtained her medical degree from the University of Otago
in Dunedin
, New Zealand. Diploma in Obstetrics, gained at University of Auckland 1994.
Published in 1999, her autobiography, Bent Not Broken, climbed to the number 4 spot on New Zealand’s Bestseller List. Bent Not Broken is available in 6 countries and 5 languages and has been adapted into a stage play. Life on the Line, a sequel to Bent Not Broken, was published in 2001.
In 2009, Bent Not Broken was released as an audio book
by iNetSynch, a division of Expanded Technologies Incorporated.
The autobiographies chronicle Roche's life experiences which include: child sex abuse, rape
, travel from New Zealand to United States as a ship stowaway, 1970’s music groupie, prostitution, homosexuality
, depression
, suicide
, bankruptcy
, drug abuse
, alcoholism
, med school, author
, radio personality
, medical doctor, and special needs children.
In the late 1990s, Dr. Roche and Sharon Raynor hosted the weekly one hour radio talk show, Doctor, Doctor. The show fielded a wide span of questions from the listeners encompassing topics such as medical issues, sexual orientation
, depression
, and discrimination
.
Roche served as the physician for the Hutt Valley Special Olympics Team and has been columnist for New Zealand’s Bella Magazine. She is a practicing physician
and motivational public speaker.
Lauren Roche currently practices medicine in Auckland
, New Zealand.
Miramar, New Zealand
Miramar is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, south-east of the city centre. It is on the Miramar Peninsula, directly east of the isthmus of Rongotai, the site of Wellington International Airport.-History:...
, a suburb of Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
. In 1991, she obtained her medical degree from the University of Otago
University of Otago
The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university with over 22,000 students enrolled during 2010.The university has New Zealand's highest average research quality and in New Zealand is second only to the University of Auckland in the number of A rated academic researchers it...
in Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...
, New Zealand. Diploma in Obstetrics, gained at University of Auckland 1994.
Published in 1999, her autobiography, Bent Not Broken, climbed to the number 4 spot on New Zealand’s Bestseller List. Bent Not Broken is available in 6 countries and 5 languages and has been adapted into a stage play. Life on the Line, a sequel to Bent Not Broken, was published in 2001.
In 2009, Bent Not Broken was released as an audio book
Audio book
An audiobook or audio book is a recording of a text being read. It is not necessarily an exact audio version of a book or magazine.Spoken audio has been available in schools and public libraries and to a lesser extent in music shops since the 1930s. Many spoken word albums were made prior to the...
by iNetSynch, a division of Expanded Technologies Incorporated.
The autobiographies chronicle Roche's life experiences which include: child sex abuse, rape
Rape
Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more persons against another person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or with a person who is incapable of valid consent. The...
, travel from New Zealand to United States as a ship stowaway, 1970’s music groupie, prostitution, homosexuality
Homosexuality
Homosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality refers to "an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual, affectional, or romantic attractions" primarily or exclusively to people of the same...
, depression
Depression (mood)
Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts, behaviour, feelings and physical well-being. Depressed people may feel sad, anxious, empty, hopeless, helpless, worthless, guilty, irritable, or restless...
, suicide
Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
, bankruptcy
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a legal status of an insolvent person or an organisation, that is, one that cannot repay the debts owed to creditors. In most jurisdictions bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor....
, drug abuse
Drug abuse
Substance abuse, also known as drug abuse, refers to a maladaptive pattern of use of a substance that is not considered dependent. The term "drug abuse" does not exclude dependency, but is otherwise used in a similar manner in nonmedical contexts...
, alcoholism
Alcoholism
Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, personal relationships, and social standing...
, med school, author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, radio personality
Radio personality
A radio personality is a person with an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality can be someone who introduces and discusses various genres of music, hosts a talk radio show that may take calls from listeners, or someone whose primary responsibility is to give news, weather,...
, medical doctor, and special needs children.
In the late 1990s, Dr. Roche and Sharon Raynor hosted the weekly one hour radio talk show, Doctor, Doctor. The show fielded a wide span of questions from the listeners encompassing topics such as medical issues, sexual orientation
Sexual orientation
Sexual orientation describes a pattern of emotional, romantic, or sexual attractions to the opposite sex, the same sex, both, or neither, and the genders that accompany them. By the convention of organized researchers, these attractions are subsumed under heterosexuality, homosexuality,...
, depression
Depression (mood)
Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts, behaviour, feelings and physical well-being. Depressed people may feel sad, anxious, empty, hopeless, helpless, worthless, guilty, irritable, or restless...
, and discrimination
Discrimination
Discrimination is the prejudicial treatment of an individual based on their membership in a certain group or category. It involves the actual behaviors towards groups such as excluding or restricting members of one group from opportunities that are available to another group. The term began to be...
.
Roche served as the physician for the Hutt Valley Special Olympics Team and has been columnist for New Zealand’s Bella Magazine. She is a practicing physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
and motivational public speaker.
Lauren Roche currently practices medicine in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New Zealand.
Autobiography
- 1999. Bent Not Broken (Autobiography 1). New Zealand ISBN 1877228338
- 2001. Life On The Line (Autobiography 2). New Zealand ISBN 1877228400
Autobiography Audio Book
- 2009. Bent Not Broken (Autobiography Audio Book). United States http://laurenkimroche.com/page3/page4/page4.html
Articles
- 2000. Depression New Zealand http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?AuthorID=224&id=60
- 2003. Grief New Zealand http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?AuthorID=224&id=10445