Printed from: https://www.cmf.org.uk/resources/publications/authors/?id=27&index=20
Dan Fountain is a member of the ICMDA and a long-term missionary medic who worked in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He has received numerous awards for his contribution to Community Health and is a firm advocate of whole person healthcare. This is not a book about 'faith healing' but...
Founded in 1903 as the Missionary School of Medicine, this book gives a history of the work of the organisation over the past 100 years. Its title comes from words spoken by one of its early Presidents to students each year, as they were commissioned. The school was established to...
The poor will always be with us. The images on our TV screens remind us daily of desperate need and published facts confirm that need for healthcare workers overseas has never been greater.[1] So how can I, as a trainee, get involved and when is the best time to go?...
Mummy, who attacked Grandad’s heart?’ My seven-year-old granddaughter was worried when she heard that I had suffered a heart attack. Who indeed? I was a fit non-smoker with no previous ill health. Could it be due to stress, the subtle demon that seems to lie behind so many of today’s...
A visit to CMDA HQ in the USA I was recently given the opportunity to visit our colleagues at the HQ of the Christian Medical and Dental Association in the States. A truly impressive purpose built building in the most beautiful woodland setting in Tennessee. It was good to meet and...
The Refresher Course 2003 This year's course was something different. Numbers varied during the fortnight with a core group of 32 present throughout. At one point there were 45 participants from 11 nations working in 17 different countries. It was a mixed group of doctors and nurses, old hands and new,...
I was speaking recently at a Church weekend on the subject of worship and at one point we were looking at the worship/work interface within the church. We are all constantly being bombarded with demands ‘to get more involved’ in the activities of local church, local CMF groups or whatever...
At the recent student national conference, I was leading a seminar on mission. Asked where in Scripture we find a call to mission, most of the students were able to quote Matthew 28:19-20 but there seemed little appreciation that the whole of Scripture is God’s call to mission. God is...
She was only 15 years old. Both she and her parents were in tears when they came to my clinic in Tanzania.The story came tumbling out between her sobs. She had just been expelled from school.They said she was pregnant. She vehemently denied it saying that she didn't even have...
You would think that as medics we would get used to interruptions. Day and night, they are a regular part of every doctor's life (which is also true of most people). However, if you are 'work orientated' like me they can be quite irritating, even frustrating at times when you...
