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The virtuous epidemiologist

"The virtuous epidemiologist"[Open Access] by Eric C. Ip in Journal of Public Health

October Issue 2019

Top stories in this newsletter: Upcoming lecture and conference on AI in medicine and healthcare Hong Kong Court clarifies the law of gross negligence manslaughter CMEL’s Deputy Director shares her view on the legal definition of mental incapacity amid advance directive consultation in Hong Kong Genome sequencing and personalised medicine

Statutory definition of mental incapacity in Hong Kong

Statutory definition of mental incapacity in Hong Kong Interviewed: Daisy Cheung Medium: South China Morning Post Title: "Choices for the terminally ill: Define clearly who is mentally fit to decide end-of-life treatments, says former Hong Kong minister"  

September Issue 2019

Top stories in this newsletter: Hong Kong Government’s consultation on proposals regarding advance directives and dying in place Woman who suffered an eye injury during a Hong Kong protest challenges the police’s refusal to provide a copy of the warrant for her medical records How the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act protects against genetic discrimination in the United States Impact of Japan’s deregulation of regenerative medicine

Parental order concerning surrogate children granted despite possible breach of the surrogacy law: FH and MH v WB AND OTHERS [2019] HKCFI 1748

FH and MH v WB and others [2019] HKCFI 1748 Facts FH and MH (“the Applicants”) were a married couple. They were Hong Kong permanent residents. In 2015, they entered into a gestational carrier agreement (“the GC Agreement”) with WB and her husband HB. Pursuant to the GC Agreement, WB was to be the surrogate mother, and two embryos were placed inside WB’s uterus. The gametes of the Applicants were used to bring about the creation of the embryos. In 2016, WB gave birth to two twin babies (“the...

August Issue 2019

Top stories in this newsletter: Parental order concerning surrogate children granted by the Hong Kong court after considering issues such as delay and breach of the law US court ordered pharmaceutical giant to pay US$572 million in landmark opioid case

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