Obituaries

Oliver Gille, 1937-2021: Sixty years ago medicine was the most publicly silent, and privately critical, of professions. Medical debate had been restricted largely to learned journals, medical common rooms, scientific Read more…

Lawrence McGinty remembers a legendary health journalist: Bernard Dixon, who died on 30 October, was my editor at New Scientist for seven years, during which time I learned my trade Read more…

If the MJA had had such things as membership numbers, former chair Alan Massam would have been number one. He claimed to have been the very first MJA recruit and since Read more…

Dr Michael O’Donnell (October 20,1928 – April 6, 2019) Geoff Watts worked for Michael O’Donnell at World Medicine for seven years, first as Science Editor and later as Deputy Editor. Read more…

Nick Henderson, long time MJA member, died in December, aged 92. Nick played a pivotal role in the launch of the association in 1967, along with, amongst others, Ronnie Bedford, Read more…

It is with great sadness that I am reporting the death of David Delvin, 79. I knew David as a colleague when he was medical editor at GP and I was Read more…

The eminent nutritionist, former EC member, founding member of HealthWatch and tireless opponent of quackery, John Stuart Garrow died at his home in Yorkshire on June 22, 2016. He had been Read more…

We are sad to have to report the death of long-standing MJA member and award-winning freelance journalist, Elizabeth Adlam. Liz was diagnosed with myeloma in 2014 and did well until about Read more…

Where to even start to sum up such a successful career and a wonderful human being? Many members of the MJA have had the privilege of knowing and working with Read more…

MJA founder member, Alfie Browne, recalled by MJA member, Nick Timmins  To be commemorated with a packed funeral and multiple well-written obituaries, one must live fast, be famous and die Read more…