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Mar 2008
Worcester Branch Newsletter No 13. Added articles from Feb 2008 CMQProposed name changeBrain Death - Is is a mirageProfile of Catholic Teacher of Medicine Part 2 - Cardinal Barragan.

6th Oct 2007
Amended pages to show new subscription rate. Worcester Branch Newsletter. Date of Worcester branch meetings. Submission on Human Tissue and Embry Bill.  Added articles for Aug 2007 CMQBMA Annual ConferenceAIDS in AfricaThe Mental Capacity ActTheologians should practice Theology

24th January 2007
Added further articles from Nov 2006 CMQAutonomy, dignity and euthanasia - talk given to Guild Branch. A Hospital Chaplain's Story - Talk given at Annual Conference. The Danger of Assisted Suicide - Text of keynote speech given to Catenian Association.

7th January 2007
Added further articles from Aug 2006 CMQ. Medical Student’s Dilemma:- conscientious objection.   Was BMA Policy on Assisted Dying Dictated by A Christian LobbyAbortion debate - letters page. 
Started adding articles from Nov 2006 CMQSummon the Moral Taxpayer - Editorial on cooperation in evil

3rd January 2007
Added further articles from Aug 2006 CMQ Choose Life Poll Analysis - Public poll of attitudes to abortion.  The 'Monk Cardinal' - reflections on life of Cardinal Basil Hume. Links to submission by Care Not Killing Alliance to Mental Capacity Act and Law commission's 'A New Homicide Act for England and Wales'

2nd January 2007
Added articles missed from Aug 2005 CMQEditorialPrayer and Pills: healing in a Christian General Practice.  Ordered to Die: - a medical and legal opionion from Greece on the Terri Schiavo case. 
Started adding article from August 2006 CMQNew consensus on AbortionNaPro Technology - Natural Family Planning and Infertility Treatment.

15th Nov 2006
Added submission to Nuffield Council on Ethics of prolonging life of fetuses and the newborn.  Added details of Manchester Branch meetings.  Added new Worcester Branch Newsletter.  Updated Bristol Branch Details.  Given dates for 2007 Ampleforth Retreat;

31st August 2006
Added articles from Nov 2005 CMQDo we need a Catholic Hospital? - comment on this topic in context of practice of medicine in developed world.  Euthanasia - What it is and what it is not. - an important article written by a professor of palliative care and member of the House of Lords.  Why break the great taboo - more considered thought on the issue of euthanasia and assisted suicide. On a personal note - the reality of the Church working with HIV / AIDS

29th August 2006
Added articles from Feb 2006 CMQWhat is in this issueReply to Lord Winston - comment on interview given by Lord Winston.  Hippocratic Oath II - modern adaptations.  Induced abortion as independent risk factor for breast cancer - a critical review of recent studies based on prospective data. Reason opposes euthanasia. The 'Allowed to die' gameLetter.

27th August 2006
Added link to International Association of Catholic Bioethicists. Continued adding articles from May 2006 CMQ. The 'Alive and Kicking' Campaign.   Sri Lanka after the Tsunami - report of visit to Sri Lanka.

2nd July 2006
Officers and meeting dates updated.  Flyer for 'Celebrating Life' Conference.  Added articles from May 2006 CMQThe Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth - A problem of unethical practice within a Catholic Hospital.   General Practice: The Problem of Co-operation in Evil - Practical advice on how to work as a GP and adhere to Catholic Church teaching.  Acts and Omission at the End of Life - The balance between euthanasia and good medical practice.  Lourdes Medical Association - what are miraculous cures?

28th January 2006
Notice of meeting in Brighton on medical ethics - Mental Capacity and Physician-Assisted Suicide.  20th February 2006.

23rd January 2006
Continued adding articles from May 2005 CMQ.  Book review on 'The Soul of the Embryo'. The Individual Agony of Terrorism and the Balm of Music - reflections on visit by Chief Rabbi to Israel.  Added details of AGM and Symposium (April 28th-30th 2006)

2nd January 2006
Added Worcester Branch Newsletter. Started adding articles from May 2005 CMQWelcome to Benedict XVI - Editorial.  An Alternative Route - second editorial on state attitude to ethics and religion. In Memory of Pope John Paul II - Reflection by the President of the World Federation of Catholic Doctors.  Impossibility of Same Sex Marriages - theological and philosophical arguments