Speakers’ Presentation Files

December 11, 2009

• "What is Narrative Medicine? Why does it matter?"
  by Professor Brian Hurwitz, School of Humanities, King’s College London, UK.

• "Contemporary Japanese Culture, Medicine and Language"
  by Professor Ryuki Kassai, Dept of Community and Family Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Japan.

• "Raising the Bar on Clinical Communication in Medicine"
  by Professor Suzanne Kurtz, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, USA.

• "Reducing some of the complexity in clinical communication?"
  by Professor Jeanette Lancaster, Dept of Nursing Studies, HKU.

December 12, 2009

• "Encountering Patient-centredness: The Communication Crucible"
  by Professor Srikant Sarangi, Cardiff School of English Communication and Philosophy, Cardiff University, UK.

• "Communication with Cancer Patients, the Skills and Practices of Chinese Doctors - the Strengths and Weaknesses"
  by Dr Lili Tang, The School of Oncology, Peking University, PRC.

• "When Pain is Inevitable, Do Words Matter?"
  by Dr Gordon Wong, Department of Anaesthesiology, HKU.