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In association with eight other healthcare bodies, the Clinical Standards Group of the Royal College of Physicians released in mid-February Concise guidance to good practice: Advance Care Planning . Described as 'evidence-based guidelines for clinical management' this commendably brief document contains useful summaries and sensible advice which will affect many members in their day-to-day practice.
CMF welcomes this guidance but remains concerned that legally binding advance refusals of clinically assisted nutrition and hydration in patients whose deaths are not imminent may yet lead to 'euthanasia by the back door'.
Steven Fouch (CMF Head of Communications) 020 7234 9668
Alistair Thompson on 07970 162 225
Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) was founded in 1949 and is an interdenominational organisation with over 5,000 doctors, 900medical and nursing students and 300 nurses and midwives as members in all branches of medicine, nursing and midwifery. A registered charity, it is linked to over 100 similar bodies in other countries throughout the world.
CMF exists to unite Christian healthcare professionals to pursue the highest ethical standards in Christian and professional life and to increase faith in Christ and acceptance of his ethical teaching.
