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Shuffling off this mortal coil

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Dr Amin A Muhammad, Professor of Psychiatry at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, examines some of the cultural and scientific thinking behind our understanding of death Death by simple definition is just ‘the end of life’.

The medical maverick who pulls no punches

Prof Pierce Grace reviews a book by cardiology legend Risteárd Mulcahy, a life story that charts his purple patches and grey days with absolute candour The locum dispensary doctor was delighted when a private patient approached him and asked if he was the new doctor from London.