MH Conversations and Connections Series (Contemporary Issues in Bioethics) – Lunchtime Seminar

Title: The ABCs of Clinical Ethics: Maintaining Purpose in Medicine

Co-organisers:
Medical Ethics and Humanities Unit, HKUMed
Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, HKU

Registration Link: For HKU members / Non-HKU members

Abstract:
The sense of burnout and moral distress in medicine has been rising worldwide. This talk will explain the basics of clinical ethics and explore how ethics can help maintain one’s sense of purpose in medicine.

Speaker:
Dr Barbra Bluestone Rothschild
Lecturer, Bioethics MS Program, Columbia University

Barbra Rothschild, MD is an internist and a core faculty member in the Masters of Bioethics program at Columbia University and oversees curriculum development in bioethics. She loves visiting Hong Kong.

Moderator:
Prof Carl Hildebrand
Assistant Professor, Medical Ethics & Humanities Unit, SClinMed
Research Fellow, Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, HKU

Welcome to join us!

Enquiry: Please contact Mr Edison Cheng (mehu@hku.hk).

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