Sir, - Would the Medical Council have felt the need to censure Dr Ivor Browne if one of the leading players in the case was not a man of the cloth? I doubt it.
It would appear that, where compassionate medicine clashes with the Hierarchy's high moral ground, it's one-nil to the pointy hats every time, by hook or by crozier. Indeed, the aforementioned case forcibly brought to mind another church versus doctor case of half a century ago. Nothing ever changes - even the names are the same. - Yours, etc.,
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