Catholic Medical Quarterly

The Journal of the Catholic Medical Association (UK)

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Catholic Medical Quarterly Volume 65(4) November 2015

Contents November 2015

Editorial

• Rumblings in the Vatican
  Dr.Pravin Thevathasan
• Are there intrinsically evil moral acts?
  Dr. Pravin Thevathasan

News

• Defeat of the Marris Bill
• Rebuilding excellent palliative care
• Concern about large rise on contraception prescribed to teenage girls

Marriage and family life

• Medical and Franciscan thoughts on family
  Dr. Robert Hardie
• How to defend marriage and family life
  Steve Smith
• The Vocation of Marriage from the perspective of the Catholic Church
  Nicholas and Annalies Clovis

Conscience and Euthanasia

• Conscience in medicine: Lessons from the Glasgow Midwives case.
  John Duddington
• Fewer cases of euthanasia by proper palliative care
  Paul Lieverse
• Dutch Experience on regulating Assisted Dying
  Theo Boer
• Reviving the slippery slope
  Michael Cook

Reports

• European Federation of Catholic Medical Associations (FEAMC)
  Ian Jessiman

Events

• CMA Annual Meetings