Author: Dr Peter Saunders

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Dr Peter Saunders

A former general surgeon and Chief Executive CMF. He is now CEO of the International Christian Medical & Dental Association
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ICMDA & CMF

by Dr Peter Saunders November 13, 2024 0

Imagine if there was a Christian witness through doctors and dentists in every community in every nation. This is the vision of the International Christian Medical... Read more.

The faithfulness of God: final thoughts from Peter Saunders after three decades of service to CMF

by Dr Peter Saunders July 26, 2023 0

When Kirsty and I left New Zealand bound for Kapsowar Hospital in 1989, with two boys aged eight months and three years, we were planning to be ‘career missionaries’... Read more.

Managing time

by Dr Peter Saunders July 20, 2023 0

Peter Saunders & Caroline Bunting consider how Jesus managed time Time, or rather the lack of it, is a subject close to every medic’s heart. Perhaps we... Read more.

The Conscientious Objection (Medical Activities) Bill:Baroness O’Loan deserves our full support

by Dr Peter Saunders July 19, 2023 0

Baroness O’Loan’s Conscientious Objection (Medical Activities) Bill (1),(2) passed its second reading (debate stage) in the House of Lords on 26 January... Read more.

God’s prescription for exhausted doctors:living with daily pressures

by Dr Peter Saunders July 19, 2023 0

Christian doctors face extraordinary pressures – not only do we often feel asked to do the impossible with inadequate resources, but our own sense of duty... Read more.

Guarding the price of freedom

by Dr Peter Saunders July 19, 2023 0

Peter Saunders looks at five major challenges I am struggling to think of a time when UK Christian doctors have faced greater advocacy challenges all at once. This... Read more.

Changing gender

by Dr Peter Saunders July 19, 2023 0

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread The government has launched a public consultation, (1) on how to make it easier for transgender people in England and Wales... Read more.

Legalising assisted suicide

by Dr Peter Saunders July 19, 2023 0

British Courts and Parliaments remain firmly opposed Assisting or encouraging suicide remains a crime in Britain under the Suicide Act 1961. (1) But over the last... Read more.

New BMA guidance on CANH: the devil is in the detail

by Dr Peter Saunders July 17, 2023 0

New draft guidance from the BMA allows doctors to withdraw food and fluids from non-imminently dying patients with dementia, stroke and brain injury, provided it... Read more.

The divine image and the embodied soul:restoring a theology of the body

by Dr Peter Saunders July 17, 2023 0

What do the current drives for assisted suicide, abortion on demand, same-sex marriage, transgenderism, robot rights and presumed consent for organ donation have... Read more.

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