Author: Dr Peter Saunders
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A former general surgeon and Chief Executive CMF. He is now CEO of the International Christian Medical & Dental Association
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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 mi... Read more.
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 w... Read more.
Baroness O’Loan’s Conscientious Objection (Medical Activities) Bill (1),(2) passed its second reading (debate stage) in the House of Lords on 26 Jan... Read more.
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.
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. ... Read more.
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 W... Read more.
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 la... Read more.
New draft guidance from the BMA allows doctors to withdraw food and fluids from non-imminently dying patients with dementia, stroke and brain injury, provided i... Read more.
What do the current drives for assisted suicide, abortion on demand, same-sex marriage, transgenderism, robot rights and presumed consent for organ donation hav... Read more.