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I·CARE Salon (19th Session)- A Foreseeable Mental Health Epidemic

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Date:

12 Nov 2019

Time:

7:00 – 9:00 pm

Venue:

Lecture Theatre 1, Esther Lee Building,The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Speaker(s):

Dr. Derrick Au

Biography of Speaker:

Dr. Derrick Au, Director of CUHK Centre for Bioethics and specialist in gerontology and rehabilitation, and former health services manager. He had been serving in the Hong Kong public healthcare sector for more than 30 years, and his former positions include Hospital Chief Executive of Kowloon Hospital, Director (Quality and Safety) of Hospital Authority, etc. Dr. Au has been writing newspaper columns and publishing books on humanities in the pen name of “Au Man-hoi” for years. His recent publications include, inter alia, 《醫院筆記:時代與人》(2016), 《有詩的時候》(2017), 《如何走下去 —— 倫理與醫療》(Co-edited with Chan Ho-mun, 2018), and《生命倫理的四季大廈》(2019).

Enquiries:

3943 8621 (phone), icare@cuhk.edu.hk (email)