Rhona MacDonald: medical editor and “a voice for those who could not be heard”

bmj;385/may17_4/q1106/FAF1faOn the day she died Rhona MacDonald was working to have aid delivered to Ukraine, writing a letter to organise a medical evacuation from Gaza, and finalising a theme issue for the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. From the window of her home in Laide, a village on the coast of north west Scotland, she could see the sea, distant hills, birds in flight, and seals on the rocks.After she lost her job as an editor at the Lancet in 2010, over what she saw as a point of principle, MacDonald told the Canadian Medical Association Journal that she wanted her next role to meet two criteria—“helping people, particularly poor and vulnerable populations; and making a significant difference.” She added, “For almost four wonderful years, I felt that I could fulfil these criteria at the Lancet.” Richard Horton, editor in chief of the Lancet, said, “Rhona lit our pages…
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