Cuhk Centre For Bioethics

Established in January 2015 under the Faculty of Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the CUHK Centre for Bioethics is committed to education, research, and public engagement in the field of bioethics, at a time when new developments in biotechnology are having a profound social impact globally. Aims: The CUHK Centre for Bioethics will play a key role in developing a future generation of health practitioners and biomedical scientists with a sophisticated, case-based grasp of medical ethics. Our first priority will be to work with the Medical Faculty and its schools of public health, pharmacy, and nursing, to create first-rate pedagogical and learning tools for bioethics in medical education. The Centre will serve as a hub within the university for students, scholars, and researchers who are working with bioethics from a variety of disciplines, from anthropology to psychology and media studies. We will also seek ways to advance the field through its own research and international collaboration. Among the Centre’s core aims is to develop a greater awareness of biomedical ethics within the Hong Kong community, not only among medical, clinical, and social workers, but also among policy makers, business people and professionals, young people, families, and religious counselors – indeed all the varied sectors affected by the changing dimensions of medical and health practice in the 21st century. Mission: To identify, explore and share knowledge about ethical challenges in health and healthcare, with a focus on the real world environment faced by professionals and community members in contemporary Hong Kong and other world cities.