The Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF), founded in 1949, is an evangelical , interdenominational organisation for Christian doctors , medical students , nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom . The organisation campaigns for and promotes traditional Christian values within the British medical sector, and publishes two journals , Triple Helix (for doctors) and Nucleus (for students), several smaller publications, and some books. CMF organises local and national conferences and promotes and supports Christian medical mission overseas.
5-643: CMF is linked to similar organisations in many countries through the International Christian Medical and Dental Association and the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship for its medical students . CMF regularly contributes to debate on issues of medical ethics , such as making submissions to the UK House of Lords enquiry into physician-assisted suicide , and is opposed to legal access to abortion and euthanasia in
10-565: Is an international organisation of Christians in medicine and dentistry. ICMDA is interdenominational and has member organisations in over 100 countries. The ICMDA's International Office is in England. ICMDA holds a quadrennial World Congress, the next World Congress is due to be held in Jeju, South Korea in 2026. This article about an international organization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about
15-592: The Parliamentary Select Committee without revealing their membership and seniority within the organisation. The members concerned stated that they were submitting evidence as individuals, not as representatives of CMF, and they declared their affiliation when asked to do so in an unusual step by the Committee. International Christian Medical and Dental Association The International Christian Medical and Dental Association ( ICMDA )
20-733: The United Kingdom . In some of these activities, CMF works together with other faith-based and non-faith-based groups, such as the Care Not Killing Alliance and the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship . The position of the Christian Medical Fellowship has been to actively encourage doctors and medical students to use opportunities arising from the doctor-patient relationship to discuss faith with patients. The Christian Medical Fellowship has been
25-602: The subject of complaints from several Hindu leaders to the House of Lords Select Committee on Religious Offences objecting to a claim that Hinduism was a "false religion". In October 2007, the Christian Medical Fellowship was accused by The Guardian newspaper of attempting to skew the balance of evidence presented at the Parliamentary review of the UK's laws on abortion due to a number of its members presenting evidence at
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