RESEARCH
Clinical Care
Clinical Ethics, Humanities and Law
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- Journal Article
- 2023
Feeling, cognition, and the eighteenth-century context of kantian sympathy
by Carl Hildebrand
in British Journal for the History of Philosophy
This article examines the conversation around sympathy when the concept first emerged in 18th century philosophy, comparing Immanuel Kant with David Hume and Adam Smith. While Hume’s concept of sympathy more narrowly involves one’s affective capacities, Smith’s is grounded in the imagination and associated cognitive abilities. It is argued that Kant adapted central features of Smith’s account, and distinguished between two types of sympathy: one that is instinctual or pre-reflective, and one that is reflective. The latter is a moral virtue. It provides an important historical antecedent to the contemporary conversation around the ethics of cognitive and affective empathy
The research of our scholars on the law concerning clinical care covers a wide range of issues, such as issues concerning medical negligence, medical decision-making on behalf of minors, advance medical directives and medical research fraud.
Clinical ethics and humanities is one of our other research areas. It is an interdisciplinary field that combines the study of medical ethics and the humanities (such as anthropology, philosophy, history, and art) to address ethical and humanistic issues in healthcare. It seeks to provide a nuanced understanding of complex ethical dilemmas that may arise in clinical settings, and to develop practical solutions that balance the needs and values of patients, families, and healthcare providers. Ongoing emerging disease threats and the development of novel technologies to tackle contemporary health issues may raise awareness of, or concerns about ethical implications and sociocultural challenges of healthcare delivery.
Our scholars, with a background in law, medicine, science, philosophy, history, anthropology, and bioethics actively engage with clinical ethics, humanities and law issues through their research and teaching commitments.
- Book
- 2023
Advance directives across Asia: A comparative sociolegal analysis
Lead co-editor: Daisy Cheung
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Journal Article
- 2023
The conundrums of the reasonable patient standard in English medical law
co-authored by Eric C. Ip
in BMC Medical Ethics
- Journal Article
- 2022
Reproductive health deemed “non-essential” during COVID-19: A neglected health vulnerability
by Olivia M. Y. Ngan
in Asia Pac J Public Health
- Journal Article
- 2022
Loneliness at the age of COVID-19
by Zohar Lederman
in Journal of Medical Ethics
- Journal Article
- 2021
Psychedelic medicalization, public discourse, and the morality of ego dissolution
by Alex Gearin
in International Journal of Cultural Studies
- Book Chapter
- 2021
Patient-centric turn in medical liability in Singapore
by Calvin W. L. Ho
in Medical Liability in Asia and Australasia (Springer)
- Book Chapter
- 2020
Medical decision-making on behalf of minors: The Hong Kong context
by Daisy Cheung
in Medical Decision-Making on Behalf of Young Children: A Comparative Perspective (Hart Publishing)
- Book Chapter
- 2020
Parental rights, best interests and significant harms: Singapore and Malaysia perspectives on medical decision-making on behalf of children
by Calvin W. L. Ho
in Medical Decision-Making on Behalf of Young Children: A Comparative Perspective (Hart Publishing)
- Journal Article
- 2019
Criminalizing medical research fraud: Towards an appropriate legal framework and policy response
by Gilberto K. K. Leung
in Medical Law International
- Journal Article
- 2018
Anarchitectures of health: Futures for the biomedical drone
co-authored by Ria Sinha
in Global Public Health