Hong Kong

Some of our articles discuss various bioethical themes in the context of Hong Kong. Currently, this page lists articles that were published in Volume 8 and 13 (2016 & 2021) of the Asian Bioethics Review (ABR). We will gradually update this page with both more recent, but also older articles.


Our publisher Springer Nature allows you to read all articles online for free, even if you do not have a subscription to ABR – simply click on the title. Additionally:

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  • Our articles since 2018 are also accessible via PubMed Central (PMC), where they become Free Access after 12 months.

The copyright of Free2Read and Free Access articles from 2017 is shared by Springer Nature and the National University of Singapore. The copyright of Free Access articles until 2016 is shared by the National University of Singapore and the respective authors. The copyright of Open Access articles remains with the respective authors.


Original Article – Free Access
Reflections on the Development of Advance Directives in Hong Kong
Chun-Yan Tse
September 2016 – 8(3): 211-223 – doi: 10.1353/asb.2016.0018

Original Article – Free2Read
Liability for Dispensing Errors in Hong Kong
Cedric Tang
December 2021 – 13(4): 435-462 – doi: 10.1007/s41649-021-00175-1
Free Access from 1 December 2022 via PMC8486902