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Special Joint Meeting June 2012





The New Medico-Legal Society


and


 The Hong Kong Society of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeons


 are proud to present


 


Medico-legal issues in the Jehovah's Witnesses' context (Transfusion)


 


Speaker:


Dr. David SY Wong


MBBS(HK) FRCSEd FHKCS FRACS FHKAM LLB Hon(Lond) LLM Merit(Lond) PCLL(HK)


 


Consent is the standard ethical and legal pre-requisite for medical intervention. The professional duty of care clashes head on with the right of self-determination when a patient refuses life-saving treatment. The speaker will explore a wide range of issues in the blood transfusion context including a doctor's professional duty of care, legitimacy withholding life-saving treatment and the effect of mental capacity and the Mental Health Ordinance (Cap 136).


 


Date: Tuesday, 5th June 2012


      Time     1830 for 1900 : Registration, Drinks & Snacks; 1900 – 2030 Seminar


 


CPD points applied through The Law Society of Hong Kong and


CME applied through the College of Surgeons.


 


Location:     Senior Police Officers Mess, Police HQ, Arsenal Street


 


Cost: Free to Paid Up Members of the New Medico-Legal Society (Annual Subscription only $300!) and The Hong Kong Society of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeons;


$100 for Non Members,


$50 for Trainees, Pupils and Students. 


Drinks & finger food are included.  


          No pre-registration is required although it would greatly assist with catering arrangements. 


 


For any queries, please contact Kay K.W. Chan at 2527-3082. 

Aesthetic Surgery Journal

The Hong Kong Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons is affiliated with Aesthetic Surgery Journal, the official publication of The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery