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Abstract: Challenge Trials – a type of research study where people give consent to being exposed to a serious infectious disease so that researchers can better understand that disease – have actually been taking place for decades. And in their current form, they are not particularly controversial. They have been used to learn better ways to treat and prevent major diseases that still kill millions of people, such as malaria, cholera and influenza (the flu). This presentation will discuss the...

Lunchtime Seminar Title: Bioethics, Multiculturalism and Religions workshops: Lessons from the past 15 years Co-organisers: Medical Ethics and Humanities Unit, HKUMed Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, HKU Abstract: This seminar explores the need for and place of input from local cultures and religious traditions when addressing the highly complex questions that frequently arise in the field of bioethics, something that is often overlooked and even questioned in much of the relevant academic...

Lunchtime Seminar Title: Healthcare Harm, Artificial Apologies and Robotic Redress Co-organisers: Medical Ethics and Humanities Unit, HKUMed Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, HKU Abstract: Healthcare harm is a global public health problem, causing physical, emotional and financial harm for patients, families, clinicians and health systems. Explaining and accounting for harm may be provided through a variety of legal mechanisms and redress models. Apologies are an important part of this...