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Nucleus crossword By Lactometer (1 Peter 2:2) Entries can be submitted by post to the office, or email to giles@cmf.org.uk. The deadline is 1 November 2011.The winning entry will receive a copy of Code Red and a CMF pen-torch, runners-up will receive pen-torches.A cryptic crossword will also be posted online. Download crossword as...
Conscientious objection (CO) in healthcare is the right for practitioners not to participate in legal clinical procedures to which they hold a moral objection. The most widely understood application relates to termination of pregnancy, but there are many other procedures that are already or could become relevant, for example: circumcision...
There are a lot of books out there. Medical students already have a lot of textbooks, journals and web resources they're supposed to read. Study can be wearisome! So why read Christian books too? Why not just read the Bible in my quiet time? The answer is that Christian books...
As a new fresher at medical school, Sam felt a bit lost. Church and CU were great – really good Bible teaching, and very lively – but big. There were occasional CMF lunch time meetings, and CU hall groups were also a good way to begin to get to know...
The Gospels: one story, many dimensions. The four gospels form a unique style of literature. Not just biography or history, not just a collection of Jesus' teachings. Instead, they're both narrative (about Jesus) and teaching (sayings of Jesus): Jesus' words are presented as an integral part of the account...
Goodbyes and Hello A very fond farewell to Lizzie Groom and Noel Aruparayil, who have done sterling work as our office interns for the last year. Lizzie, who achieved a First in her intercalated medical law and ethics degree and was top of the class, heads back to Cardiff...
This excellent little book tackles ten assertions made by Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and others in recent polemics against God. Each chapter considers a different topic, convincingly demonstrating the limitations of atheist arguments about faith, memes, evidence, types of explanations and the nature of science. Sometimes, the illustrating stories are not...
You used to moderate the CMF Forum on the big doctors-only website, doctors.net.uk, so presumably you've been a fan of electronic communication for a while? GC: Yes – it's rapid, cheap and reaches many people at once. That of course has its dangers: hastily written emails, replied 'to all' are...
Medical school is a critical time for students. Many will be away from home for the first time, exposed to new ideas, lifestyles and temptations. Most will make life-changing choices of career; some will make eternal-life-changing decisions of faith. They are ready to learn and discover deeper truths for themselves,...
Staffworkers We say a fond farewell to Charlotte Hattersley, who has been a wonderful, faithful and effective staffworker and team leader in the north and Scotland for several years. The student team's loss is the graduate team's gain however, as she takes on a new CMF role among junior doctors. We...
