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Right to die? John Wyatt ISBN 9781783593866, IVP, 2015, £7 from CMF Bookstore An initial survey of recent UK and world events sets the scene for a discussion of euthanasia, assisted suicide and end of life care. A particular strength is the perspective on recent events, laying out the ideas and...
Has modern medicine fallen victim to its own success? UK life expectancy continues to increase, though at a slowing rate. The last 150 years have seen a significant fall in infant mortality, followed by advances in treatment of infectious disease. Many more people live into their 80s, 90s and beyond...
All your patients will end up in the mortuary. Your personal mortality rate will be 100%. Think about it for a moment. The young patient who has poor veins after years of intravenous drug use whom you 'save' by heroically cannulating at 3am, will die eventually; she may conquer her addiction...
Primum non nocere. If like me you had no opportunity to learn Latin at school, you probably still recognise this phrase.Translated 'first do no harm', it is usually attributed to Hippocrates, though the famous oath contains only an approximation to these words. It has been a consistent principle in medical...
Sexuality. A topic best avoided? Not discussed in polite society? But so fundamental to the lives of Christians and others alike. This hasn't been the easiest edition of Nucleus to put together. Much has been said and written on this subject. Some has been of great value. But we've almost all...
'To work constructively in scientific research and in training others for the benefit of individual patients and the advance of healthcare throughout the world.' 'I was merely thinking god's thoughts after him.' This is how Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) described his work. Kepler was not only a mathematician and astronomer, but...
Although the 'look' of Nucleus has changed a great deal, its aims have not. We hope that the information presented will not only be read and understood, but will also be used. We still stand by this quote from the first edition: Information is useless and sterile unless it serves...
The previous worldview articles in this issue of Nucleus describe what a worldview is, and remind us of the basic components of the Christian worldview. We've also explored the way that we make decisions. To academic minds, it can be surprising how few of our actions come primarily from reason...
At first glance it appears relatively uncontroversial. After all, the World Health Organisation (WHO) describes health as 'a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity', (1) which isn't so different. In some parts of the NHS spiritual care is embraced....
