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The Centre for Medical Ethics and Law (CMEL) develops new ideas and solutions in response to the big ethical, legal and policy questions of medicine and health.
CMEL was founded in 2012 by the LKS Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Law at The University of Hong Kong as a joint inheritor of their vibrant intellectual traditions dating back to 1887 and 1969 respectively.

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Criminalising Surrogacy

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(Co-organised) Lunchtime Seminar: Good doctors in the age of AI? Ethics at the intersection of medicine, AI, and Christian theology

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	Centre for Medical Ethics and Law Office 9.21, 9/F, Cheng Yu Tung Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
	+852 3917 1845
	+852 2549 8495
	cmel@hku.hk

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Publications

Volunteer rescuers and Good Samaritan Law in Hong Kong

Duty owed by hospitals and receptionists regarding waiting times: DARNLEY v CROYDON HEALTH SERVICES NHS TRUST [2018] UKSC 50

Wrongful life claim of child whose chromosomal defect was allegedly detected whilst in womb was statute-barred: LAM WING HEI & ANOTHER v HOSPITAL AUTHORITY [2018] 2 HKLRD 1441