Assisted Suicide – much to report
There has been plenty of activity in recent months around assisted suicide, or ‘assisted dying’ as it is often euphemistically referred to. The Royal... Read more.
Medical litigation
a growing problem Review by Mark Pickering, CMF Chief Executive The BBC recently found that the National Health Service receives around 10,000 clinical negligence... Read more.
Ideology trumps evidence at the BMA?
votes on controversial issues passed, ignoring the science Review by Mark PickeringCMF Chief ExecutiveThe British Medical Association (BMA) held its annual meeting... Read more.
End of life developments
BMA poll and Irish bill yet again put pressure to legalise assisted suicide in the UK Review by Mark Pickering, CMF Chief Executive Pressure to legalise assisted... Read more.
Remembering Arthur Rendle Short
Mark Pickering remembers one of the founding fathers of CMF and his enduring influence and legacy Those who are regulars at the CMF National Conference will remember... Read more.
BMA neutralised: on assisted suicide and euthanasia
‘Doctors Drop Opposition to Assisted Dying!’ were the predictable headlines when the British Medical Association (BMA) narrowly voted to move from ‘opposition’... Read more.
Assisted suicide: the onslaught continues
In recent months there has been continual pressure to legalise assisted suicide all around the British Isles. In Westminster, Baroness Meacher’s bill had its... Read more.
The birth of modern medical mission
to China, Edinburgh, and the ‘ends of the earth CMF was founded in 1949, and 2024 will be its 75th Anniversary. However, its roots go back much further, and... Read more.
WMA temporarily misplaces its conscience
The World Medical Association (WMA) is close to the end of a lengthy revision process of its International Code of Medical Ethics (ICoME). Originating in 1949 as... Read more.
lessons from the archive – episode 3
Christian influences on the modern nursing profession Mark Pickering explores the development of the modern nursing profession in the nineteenth century and how... Read more.
