palliative care
Developed from the hospice movement, palliative care recognises that when the end of life draws near the goals of medicine change from cure at all costs to maximising the quality of the time that remains. It has been so successful that it has all but eliminated one argument for legalising euthanasia.
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The house of hope (triple helix - winter 2011)
God's love for the abandoned orphans of China Elisabeth Gifford Monarch Books, 2011 £8.99 Pb 223pp ISBN 978 0 85721 059 3 - In 1998 expatriates Robin Hill and his doctor wife Joyce heard God's call to give up their comfortable Beijing life to care for abandoned Chinese infants, released to them...
Submission from Christian Medical Fellowship (and in particular members in Scotland) to the public consultation on: Palliative Care (Scotland) Bill - August 2010 - 31/8/2010
Introduction - The Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) is an interdenominational organisation in the UK with over 4,000 doctor members and around 1,000 medical student members. Of these, more than 400 doctors and 80 students are members in Scotland. All are Christians who desire their professional and personal lives to be governed by the Christian...BMA ARM ethics debate - report
1/7/2010
BMA ARM 2010 – Ethics Debate 1 July The ethics debate on the last morning of the BMA's 2010 Annual Representative Meeting began 8 minutes behind time, but then ran for 54 minutes instead of the planned 40. Well chaired as always by Peter Bennie, business was disciplined and conducted calmly. Tony Calland, Chair of the Medical Ethics Committee,...
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Disability Group launches 'Resistance Campaign'
9/6/2010
On 3 June leading disability rights group Not Dead Yet launched a 'Resistance Campaign' calling on all MPs to sign a charter pledging their support for: - Providing good services for disabled and terminally ill people - Opposing any change in the law to allow assisted suicide or euthanasia - There was some positive media coverage , unfortunately...
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Submission to GMC: end of life treatment and care - 13/7/2009
Text of an online submission from the Christian Medical Fellowship to the General Medical Council on End of life treatment and care: Good practice in decision making A draft for consultation (CMF's online answers and comments are to be found in red after the 39 specific questions.) Introduction - This consultation asks for your views on the draft...Care of the cancer patient (triple helix - spring 2009)
<p><strong>Care of the cancer patient</strong><br /> <strong><em>A quick reference guide</em></strong><br /> <<em>Wesley Finegan and Angela McGurk</em><br /> Radcliffe Publishing 2007 <br /> £19.95 ; Pb; 328pp<br...
Submission from the Christian Medical Fellowship to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics' Consultation: Dementia - ethical issues - 30/7/2008
Introduction - The Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) is an interdenominational organisation with more than 4,000 British doctors as members. All are Christians who desire their professional and personal lives to be governed by the Christian faith as revealed in the Bible. Members practise in all branches of the profession, and through the...No Water – No Life - Hydration in the Dying (Book Review) (triple helix - winter 2007)
No Water – No Life - Hydration in the Dying - Gillian Craig (ed) Fairway Folio 2004 - £15 Pb 188pp - ISBN 0 95454 4536 - The debate about hydration in the dying has been intense and very important. Gillian Craig, a retired geriatrician, brings an excellent breath of fresh air to this debate,...
Launch of Care Not Killing
4/2/2006
Care Not Killing , a new alliance of 21 organisations formed to promote palliative care and oppose euthanasia, was launched on Tuesday 31 January. Members of the alliance include the Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland, the British Council of Disabled People, RADAR, the Christian Medical Fellowship and the Medical...
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Lawyers Christian Fellowship and Christian Doctors welome High Court decision to back Leslie Burke Case (30/7/2004)
The Lawyers Christian Fellowship and Christian Medical Fellowship have today welcomed the High Court's ruling in favour of Leslie Burke, a 43-year-old man with a progressively degenerative condition that follows a similar course to multiple sclerosis, who brought a landmark legal challenge against existing GMC medical guidance. Mark Mullins, a...Read Full Release...