money and debt
Debt can cause stress, affecting patients' health. It is also a growing problem for today's medical students. Items here present a Christian approach to money management and advice on avoiding debt.
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Destitution - a state of utter poverty (triple helix - spring 2012)
Becky Macfarlane on the flight of failed asylum seekers key points - The author explains that destitution among failed asylum seekers in the UK is a growing problem due to widely-criticised legislation designed to discourage asylum seekers from coming to the UK and to bring down the volume of...
Managing resources - kingdom resources in an uncertain world (triple helix - winter 2011)
Andrew Flatt on money matters. - Billy Graham once said: 'A chequebook is a theology document – it shows us what we worship.' As doctors many of us are privileged to be financially secure but wealth comes with responsibility. Money holds extreme power; so what does the Bible have to say about how...
God or money? (triple helix - winter 2009)
key points - Most doctors earn high incomes, but do we use our money significantly differently from our non-Christian colleagues? The author challenges us as Christ's disciples to a radical re-appraisal of our attitudes. Reflecting on the deaths of two Christian doctor friends who had both taken...
managing money - back to biblical basics (triple helix - winter 2009)
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. (2 Corinthians 8:9) Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not...
student finance (nucleus - summer 2009)
Laurence Crutchlow explores an age-old issue. - A look back into the archives of Nucleus soon reveals that money has been a concern for students since the inception of the journal in the 1970s. The first article published predates the birth of the present author, and there have been numerous items...
Medical Student Debt (nucleus - spring 1998)
Debt is a problem which often plagues the minds of medical students. The recently published Dearing Report has turned the spotlight on it once more. - The scale of the problem - Dr Sandy Macara, chairman of the British Medical Association (BMA) Council, has reported that the average graduating...