Date: 30 June 2022 (Thursday)
Time: 12.00-1.00pm
Venue: Zoom Meeting
Speakers: Dr Rahmah Saaid (UM), Assoc. Prof. Dr Azanna Ahmad Kamar (UM), Ms Munita Kaur (Messrs Munita and Satvinder), Dr Tan Ru Wei (Columbia Asia Hospital, Klang)
Moderator: Dr Chong Lee Ai (UM)
The Clinical Ethics Grand Round Series is a bimonthly event that takes place on the last Thursday of that month between 1.00pm - 2.00pm. It is organized by the Medical Humanities and Ethics Unit (MedHEU), Faculty of Medicine.
The session for this month discussed the controversies of abortion through the lens of ethics and law. The session was hosted by Dr. Chong Lee Ai, a Consultant Paediatric Palliative Care from the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) with the initial case presentation by Consultant Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O&G), Dr. Rahmah Saaid. About 50 participants attended the one-hour preliminary event to learn about the different arguments for and against abortive practices and discuss these issues from the perspectives of a neonatologist, paediatrician, and medical lawyer.
The Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds Series is a CME (Continuing Medical Education) initiative offering a wide range of clinical ethics topics from a diverse group of esteemed and experienced speakers. It is not only to help keep up likeminded people with the current and latest advances in medicine but also to guide clinicals with everyday ethics dilemmas that healthcare professionals face every day. It provides a forum for teaching participants to resolve cases based on the best ethical practices. All those interested, for example, physicians, clinicians, biomedical researchers, nurses, ethicists, philosophers, other healthcare professionals including students) are welcomed to attend.
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