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Posted: Tue, 07 Apr 2020
A report highlighting the institutional bias towards Christianity in NHS chaplaincy services should prompt us to ask whether taxpayers should fund chaplaincy in the health service at all, says Dr Antony...
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The General Medical Council has decided not to pursue a case against a GP who was accused of pushing religion on a vulnerable patient. Stephen Evans warns against allowing this exploitative behaviour....
Medical regulators shouldn’t let doctors push religion on patients
Posted: Tue, 10 Dec 2019
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Posted: Thu, 05 Dec 2019