Catholic Medical Quarterly

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Catholic Medical Quarterly Volume 66(1) February 2016

Contents February 2016

Editorial

• Reflecting on the family synod: The light and truth of conscience
  Dr. Pravin Thevathasan
• The family synod: Plenty of mercy but keeping the truth
  Dr. Adrian Treloar
• Family synod: If the Catholic Church gives in to the spirit of this world, it is going to be very difficult for all the other Christians to resist it.

Great Medical lives

• Saints Cosmas and Damian, Patron Saints of Pharmasists and Doctors
• The gift of Down's Syndrome: might the stable birth have been averted?
• Billingsmentor. A New Approach to Charting and Learning NFP

News

• Conscientious objection denied as Swedish court rules Pro-Life Midwife must perform abortions
• Hastened death and analgesic drugs at end of life: A problem and a possible solution
  Dr Andrew Kim

Ethics in medicine

• Must doctors treating a lonely, bi-polar, sick 73-year old with religious delusions with a severely infected leg, amputate his foot against his wishes in order to save his life?
  Dr Adrian Treloar

Submissions

• CMA (UK) response to the Law Commission: Consultation on Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.

Papers

• Principles and Practice of Palliative Care: Response of the CMA to the draft NICE guidelines.
• The Medical Ethics Alliance: Response to the NICE Draft Guidelines on End of Life Care for
  adults.
• Recognition for natural family planning, a real step forward.
  Dr Olive Duddy

Book Review

• Living the Truth in Love. Pastoral Approaches to Same-Sex Attraction
  Reviewed by Dr. Pravin Thevathasan

Events

• Principles and Practice of Palliative Care in the Year of Mercy