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CMF eNewsletter 2012 #1
13/1/2012
CMF in 2012 - Hopes and Challenges Watch this short video message from CEO Dr Peter Saunders as he outlines new developments for the year ahead and how CMF can better serve you. National Graduates' Conference, 27-29 April In an Olympic year, please join us in this opportunity to be refreshed, challenged and inspired by the Heroes of Faith that...
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International Medical Students' Conference 2012
25/11/2011
Applications are pouring in for CMF's International Medical Students' Conference (6-10 February 2012) at CMF's Johnson House. We have already received three times the number of applicants compared with previous years. Plans are being made to increase the number of places to accommodate about 30 delegates from up to 20 countries. This is a crucial...
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CMF eNewsletter 2011 #9
17/11/2011
A Carol Service for Health Professionals On Tuesday 20 December you are warmly invited to a Carol Service for Health Professionals at All Souls Church, London. For details click here . John Stott – Serving Christ in Medicine Discovered in the archives of CMF's Rhodes Audio Library, we have produced a special collection of classic talks from the...
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CMF eNewsletter 2011 #8
20/10/2011
MAKE CONNECTIONS; GET TRAINING Junior doctors' Conference : Get wisdom, get real. 28-30 October Hothorpe Hall, Leicester - London and SE Day Conference : Getting a life. 5 November, London - CMF Midlands Conference: Medical Mission Explored - wherever you are! 12 November, Sheffield - Who is my Neighbour? Speakers – Vicky Lavy & Alex Duncan. 12...
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Commercials of Convenience – plans to advertise abortion on TV and radio contested
11/8/2011
HG Wells once said that 'advertising is legalised lying'. He would not have been thinking of TV adverts that promote the abortion industry when he said that, but I believe the same sentiment applies. Adverts on TV and radio that promote abortion sell it as a trivial and harmless procedure, which can easily be carried out in a lunch hour, with no...
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CMF eNewsletter 2011 #5
22/7/2011
Faith in the consulting room The GMC and MDU have this week endorsed 'tactful' offers of prayer by GPs and RCGP Chair Clare Gerada has said 'it is good that sense is prevailing at last'. Graham McAll's new book At A Given Moment , explains how understanding a patient's worldview can throw light on their condition and is full of spiritual wisdom,...
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Doctors say assisted suicide commission is biased
19/7/2011
Dr Mark Pickering introduces a motion at the BMA's annual meeting questioning the 'stated impartiality and independence' of a commission investigating whether to change the law on assisted suicide. The motion was passed on Thursday 30 June 2011. It notes that a 'significant majority' of commission's members are in favour of assisted suicide. (June...
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Parliamentary concern about RCOG 'consultation' on abortion
21/3/2011
Further to the recent Submission made by CMF to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists about their guideline on the care of women requesting induced abortion, which included expressions of strong concern about the strategy and short timescale for the consultation, Jim Dobbin MP has tabled Early Day Motion 1622 endorsing these...
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'23 week babies - the price of life' on the BBC - a review
15/3/2011
The recent BBC documentary 23 week babies - the price of life represented 6 months of filming on the neonatal intensive care unit at Birmingham Women's Hospital. Brilliantly filmed and produced, the programme powerfully illustrated the conflicting emotions of parents confronted with a baby struggling for life at 23 weeks. Four words came to mind:...
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Latest: CMF members blogging from Haiti
25/1/2011
CMF currently has nine members in Haiti, who have joined a Samaritan's Purse team, helping with the fight against cholera. We've been hearing from Abi Boys' (whose posts are below), but we've just had another update from Alex Bunn, who has a portfolio career which includes being the CMF student Southern Team Leader. Alex writes: 'I'm taking a day...
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