Triple Helix, Summer 2009
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Assisted suicide: amendment defeated
On 7 July the House of Lords rejected by 194 to 141 a change in the law on assisted suicide. (1) Lord Falconer's amendment 173 to the Coroners and Justice Bill would have exempted from investigation...Read Full Editorial...
Swine flu
The global pandemic highlights the gap between rich and poor. Review by Helen Barratt SpR in public health, working with swine flu - Reports of illness caused by the novel virus, influenza A/H1N1v,...Read Full News Review...
Abortion advertising on TV?
A BMA debate Review by Mark Pickering GP and CMF regional secretary in York - Back in March I went to a local BMA meeting to submit some motions for the ARM (annual representatives' meeting) on 29...Read Full News Review...
Spirituality in the NHS
Still belongs at the frontline of healthcare Review by Steve Fouch CMF Head of Allied Professions Ministries - The case of Caroline Petrie, a community nurse suspended for asking a patient if she...Read Full News Review...
Organ Donor Campaign
Mobilising faith communities Review by Andrew Fergusson CMF Head of Communications - In polls, 90% of the public say they support organ donation, but far fewer are actually on the NHS Organ Donor...Read Full News Review...
CMF at 60 - back to the future?
Andrew Brown revisits the priorities for Christian Medical Fellowship - key points - Recognising the risk that retrospective views are inevitably rose tinted, the author recounts the history of CMF's...Read Full International Ministries...
Adoption - not just a calling for the childless
Paul and Hilary Johnson have both professional and personal experience of adoption - key points - As paediatric surgeon and child and adolescent psychiatrist, Paul and Hilary Johnson are involved...Read Full Central Services...
Making the most of our time
Katy Barker on busyness - Making the most of our timejuniors' forumKaty Barker on busyness The past year has seen a lot of changes for me. In twelve months there have been: one set of exams, two job...Read Full Juniors...
'The great physician'
David Chaput de Saintonge considers Jesus as a model for whole person medicine - key points - Recognising the difference between medical knowledge in Jesus' day and ours, the author, a PRIME tutor,...Read Full how to read the Bible for all its worth...
MDG 6 - HIV, TB and malaria
Steve Fouch reviews progress with three specific diseases - key points - The Millennium Development Goals are eight key commitments made by 192 member countries of the United Nations to address...Read Full Fearfully and wonderfully made...