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Postgraduate Training and Assessment in Hong Kong
The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine. It was the...
Maternal and Fetal Best Interests in Day-to-Day Obstetrics
When we discuss maternal and fetal best interests in an ethical context, we have to deliberate on the morality of healthcare, including the morality...
Non-directive Genetic Counselling – Respect for Autonomy or Unprofessional Practice?
About 5% to 15% of all cancers are hereditary and due to germline mutations in cancer predisposition genes. With the human genome project and...
The Ethics of Responding to a Novel Pandemic
“A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.”
-Albert Camus (1957 Nobel Prize for Literature)
As the microscopic ‘wild beasts’ of infectious...
An Approach to the Ethical Evaluation of Innovative Surgical Procedures
Innovative surgery is perhaps best defined as “a novel procedure, a significant modification of a standard technique, a new application of or a new...
Hospital Policy on Medical Futility — Does it Help in Conflict Resolution and Ensuring...
The concept of medical futility has been present since antiquity, and traditionally marked the shift in the primary goal of care to providing physical...
Biomedical Strategies for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Prevention? A New Paradigm
The first 30 years of the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) pandemic will be remembered by the way individuals, communities, nations and...
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Pregnancy: A Review of the Guidelines for Preventing Mother-to-Child...
Pregnancy, whether actual or anticipated, has been a critical driver for the diagnosis, treatment and care of women with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Unlike...
Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication in Singapore and the Challenges Ahead
Paralytic poliomyelitis used to be a common childhood disease in Singapore. It was recognised as a major public health problem in the immediate post...
Oral Aphthosis: Management Gaps and Recent Advances
Oral aphthous ulcers are a common condition which has significant impact on the patients’ quality of life, causing much pain and interference with mastication...