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"Genetic discrimination in Asia: A review of public policies, practices and
incidents" received the 2020 Early Career Researcher Prize
Hong Kong government released consultation report on advance directives and dying in place
Hong Kong doctors found guilty of misconduct after signing off on procedures for restraining elderly without proper assessment records made
CMEL’s member shared his views on mass surveillance and COVID-19 contact tracing apps

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English Court of Appeal ruled on capacity to engage in sexual relations [A Local Authority v JB [2020] EWCA Civ 735]
Recent articles by CMEL members
How has COVID-19 changed how doctors deal with death?

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Recent publications on mental health and/or COVID-19
COVID-19 webinar – “State and Professional Autonomy: Conflicting Rights and Obligations in the State-Profession Relationship”
Hong Kong court ruled on challenges by returnees from South Africa and Pakistan to mandatory quarantine at quarantine centres
“Bioethical Reflections on COVID-19” resources page

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Webinar - State and Professional Autonomy: Conflicting Rights and Obligations in the State-Profession Relationship
Recent papers on medical ethics and law
Rationing of medical resources amid COVID-19

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English court recognised duty owed by a hospital trust to the daughter of its patient in respect of genetic information [ABC v St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust and others [2020] EWHC 455 (QB)]
Rationing ventilators and hospital resources during the COVID-19 pandemic
Ethics in the COVID-19 crisis: perspectives from a clinical ethicist

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Managing the property and affairs of persons without mental capacity
Test for the diagnosis of death challenged in UK court
Ethical concerns over a lottery-style free drug programme to give away potentially life-saving gene therapy