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28 Jun, 2024

Ethical issues on assisted reproductive technologies [Chinese]

  • #reproductivetechnology
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21 Jun, 2024

Ethical controversy on egg freezing [Chinese]

  • #reproductivetechnology
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14 Jun, 2024

Is egg freezing for women a good solution to the aging population? [Chinese]

  • #reproductivetechnology
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5 Feb, 2024

‘Superbugs’: protecting Hong Kong from the rising threat of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) [Chinese]

  • #AntimicrobialResistance
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29 Jan, 2024

The pros and cons of egg freezing [Chinese]

  • #reproductivetechnology
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15 Jan, 2024

Surrogacy tales: outsourcing pregnancy [Chinese]

  • #surrogacy
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20 Dec, 2023

Health Bureau: voluntarily admitted psychiatric patients may be compulsorily detained where there is violence [Chinese]

  • #mentalhealth&capacity
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18 Dec, 2023

Turning voluntary admission of psychiatric patients into compulsory admission | No reference in guidelines to “violence” possibly to avoid triggering the need to amend legislation | Scholar worries that the tightened standards will make patients feel cheated [Chinese]

  • #mentalhealth&capacity
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18 Dec, 2023

Expert: violent behaviour should be regarded as encompassing risks of injuring people: amendment of guidelines and necessity of amending the legislation [Chinese]

  • #mentalhealth&capacity
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18 Dec, 2023

Conditional discharge orders reviewed less frequently for psychiatric patients with a relatively low risk: social worker finds this problematic [Chinese]

  • #mentalhealth&capacity
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24 Oct, 2023

“Is de-extinction only a pipette dream? This startup has a big, expensive plan to find out”

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1 Oct, 2023

“Post-Covid pandemic of loneliness among healthcare professionals needs attention”

  • #COVID-19
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9 Sep, 2023

One fifth of applications received in the past five years from psychiatric patients for review of Conditional Discharge Orders were granted | Doctor called for a balanced judgment [Chinese]

  • #mentalhealth&capacity
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2 Sep, 2023

“Hong Kong couples not keen on surrogacy, so easing strict rules won’t produce more babies, experts say”

  • #surrogacy
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30 Aug, 2023

The case of Tang Kwai-sze | HKU professor believes that public interest might be a reason behind the decision to withdraw the charges while CUHK expert believes that the decision has not dispelled doubts [Chinese]

  • #manslaughter
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14 Aug, 2023

Conditional Discharge: patient worried about loss of medical autonomy as a result of voluntary admission | What are doctors, patients and scholars thinking? [Chinese]

  • #mentalhealth&capacity
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7 Aug, 2023

Difficult to have Conditional Discharge orders revoked | Some patient who was subject to the order for 23 years unsuccessfully applied for release while some had their appeal dismissed 4 times [Chinese]

  • #mentalhealth&capacity
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