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Hybrid hype exposed
5th October 2009:
From the moment in early 2007 that the controversial proposal to create animal-human hybrids for embryonic stem cell research was mooted publicly, CMF was opposed on the grounds that the research was not just unethical but also unnecessary. Our CMF...
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DPP guidelines on assisted suicide
24th September 2009:
On 23 September the Director of Public Prosecutions published the Guidelines on Assisted Suicide he had been ordered to produce after the Law Lords' decision on 30 July in the case of Debbie Purdy. CMF staff can be seen responding...
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Major study confirms abortion risks for subsequent pregnancies
16th September 2009:
A meta-analysis published on 16 September in BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology has suggested that women with a history of termination of pregnancy may have an increased risk of low birth weight and preterm birth in subsequent...
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CMF member partially reinstated
21st July 2009:
CMF member Sheila Matthews is a community paediatrician with 18 years' experience and has been a medical advisor to the Northamptonshire County Council Adoption Panel for five years. She has now been removed from that panel after asking if she...
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A good day at the BMA
1st July 2009:
CMF Breakfast Wednesday 1 July started well with the annual BMA Breakfast. For the first time since one of CMF's predecessors, the Medical Prayer Union, began these annual outreaches in 1892, the Breakfast was not a formal part of the...
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Prayer for patients
29th June 2009:
In the latest eNewsletter, we drew to members' attention the BMA ARM agenda items on safeguarding spiritual care for patients. The story has attracted significant media coverage, mainly featuring CMF member Bernadette Birtwhistle who has been asked by the BMA...
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Medical Study Group member on end-of-life guidance
New CMF staffworker for the North-East
3rd June 2009:
An interview with Matt Lillicrap - newly-appointed staff-worker for the North-East. Who are you, and how did you end up in CMF news? My name's Matt and I'm starting as the North-East CMF staff-worker from August. Ok, but we want to...
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Medical Service Ministries: Student Prize 2009
15th April 2009:
Medical Service Ministries was founded in 1903 as the Missionary School of Medicine. This provided basic healthcare training for those working in developing countries with Christian organisations, and taught simple diagnosis, first aid and treatment of common conditions and tropical...
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MDU guidance on 'Doctors and Patients at prayer'