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What strict quarantine might teach us
Alexandra DeSanctis
Biden Wants to Cloak His Administration in Catholicism: Don’t Let Him
Constance Watson
Excuses, excuses
Niall Gooch
On the Church as the home of unity
Victoria Seed
Literary Helpdesk: 2nd (3rd?) Lockdown Edition (revised and extended)
Lucas Hollweg
Friday supper: Sea bass, avocado and Seville orange ceviche
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Appeal to European Court of Human Rights for comatose patient in NHS care
January 12, 2021
An appeal on behalf of the Polish citizen is being prepared with the European Court of Human Rights, and provision of food and water has been restored pending the appeal.
Despite the Alfie Evans disaster, Catholics can back the NHS
June 14, 2018
The NHS can make terrible mistakes. But its basic principle - healthcare provision based on need - is congruent with Church teaching
Boots pharmacy accuses abortion group of encouraging harassment of staff
September 01, 2017
Boots accused BPAS of 'facilitation and tacit encouragement of personal abuse'
Abortion policy is stuck in the dark ages
January 11, 2017
If abortion confers no health benefit, why is it within the purview of the NHS?
New NHS prenatal test for Down’s syndrome provokes backlash from doctors
November 01, 2016
300 doctors have signed a letter objecting to the new test amid fears its introduction is 'on economic grounds'
Becoming a doctor means always putting your patients first
September 05, 2016
Two books highlight a pair of doctors who truly recognised the privileged position they were in
The night I outran my demons
October 01, 2015
As a young doctor on a cancer ward, I consoled myself with drink and New Age nonsense. Then one evening I stepped into a chamber of horrors
Hundreds of Catholic doctors say new guidelines repeat failures of ‘death pathway’
September 11, 2015
Catholic Medical Association says draft guidance 'unquestionably replicates' key failing of Liverpool Care Pathway
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