This year’s Nobel Prize winners for Medicine both come with interesting stories behind them, and very contrasting views on ethics. The British winner, Sir John Gurdon, discovered, against conventional understanding, that cell development is reversible. Gurdon was knighted in 1995, is a Fellow of the […]
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Huge opposition to assisted suicide in Massachusetts from doctors and disabled people in lead up to ballot
The US state of Massachusetts is to hold a referendum on the legalisation of assisted suicide next month at the time of the presidential election. On 6 November Massachusetts voters will have the opportunity to vote on Question 2, ‘Prescribing Medication to End Life.’ This […]
Most members of cabinet have previously voted for lowering the abortion limit to 20 weeks or below
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has come in for criticism today for saying that he believes the upper abortion limit should be lowered from 24 to 12 weeks. However he is not alone. Of the 16 Conservative MPs in Cabinet, 13 actually voted for a decrease […]
Why Jeremy Hunt and 70 other MPs voted in 2008 to lower the upper abortion limit to 12 weeks
The front page of the Times this Saturday reports that Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, supports lowering the upper limit for abortion from 24 to 12 weeks (12 week baby size pictured). This was his position in 2008 when the issue was last put to […]
Top 10 tips: applying for specialty training (part 2)
Part 2 of Dr Sarah Maidment’s advice on applying for specialty training for junior doctors. Part 1 can be seen here. 6. Complete the application form carefully When application forms are released, you won’t have a great deal of time to complete them. You may […]