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Seminar on Legal Issues Doctors Should Be Aware of When 醫生被要求證明病人的心智能力時應注
Asked to Certify a Patient's Mental Capacity 意的法律問題研討會

The Seminar on Legal Issues Doctors Should Be Aware of When Asked 由專業及道德倫理委員會和香港大律師公
to Certify a Patient's Mental Capacity, co-organised by the PEC and 會之土地、信託及遺囑委員會合辦的「醫生
the Committee on Land, Trust and Probate of the Hong Kong Bar 被要求證明病人的心智能力時應注意的法
Association, was held on 28 August 2021 with 265 online and onsite 律問題」研討會於 2021 年 8 月 28 日舉行，
attendees. 共有二百六十五名線上及現場參加者出席。

Two representatives from the Hong Kong Bar Association, Mr. Nelson 香港大律師公會兩位代表繆亮大律師和杜
Liong Miu and Mr. Ken To, Dr. Andrew Lung-tat Chan from Hong Kong 中大律師、香港內科醫學院代表陳龍達醫
College of Physicians, together with Dr. Cindy Woon-chi Tam from 生，以及香港精神科醫學院代表譚煥芝醫生
The Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists, shared their insights of legal 出席研討會，從法律和醫學角度分享他們對
issues that doctors should be aware of when asked to certify a patient's 醫生被要求證明病人的心智能力時應注意
mental capacity, common causes of impaired mental capacity, as 的法律問題的見解、心智能力受損的常見原
well as practical guides on assessing mental capacity from legal and 因和評估心智能力的實用資訊。
medical perspectives.

Guests and speakers at the Seminar
研討會之嘉賓及講者

Best Practice Guidelines on Genetic and Genomic Medicine 遺傳學及基因組學的良好作業指引

The Task Force on Genetics and Genomics (G&G) under the PEC has 委員會轄下的遺傳學及基因組學專責小組
developed a set of best practice guidelines on Genetic and Genomic 制定一份遺傳學及基因組學的良好作業指
Medicine with a view to providing a clear ethical framework for the 引，旨在就合理採用和應用基因技術提供清
sound adoption and application of genetic technology, as well as the 晰的道德框架，並帶出基因技術在良好應用
many benefits it brings. The Guidelines is planned to be published in 下可帶來的好處。該指引計劃於今年第四季
the fourth quarter of this year. 推出。

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