The CUHK Bioethics (CUBE) Newsletter

CUBE is a medical student-teacher collaborative newsletter founded in June 2019, aiming to facilitate a continual and inclusive discourse on topics in clinical medicine, public health, and emerging technologies. Our objectives are to:

• Raise awareness for ethical issues in Bioethics among medical students
• Encourage and promote critical thinking and self-reflection on one’s values
• Support medical education at CUHK

We welcome all written works pertaining to biomedical ethics – it can be an opinion, memoirs, movie commentary, clinical reflective experience, history analysis, poem, or literature review.

Calling for Submission!

The team is now accepting submissions for the 5th Issue! We invite you to write on any topics about a moral or ethical dilemma. For example, public policy, global health, intervention, volunteering experience, commentary on emerging technologies, and current news.

Eligibility: Undergraduate Students from the following programmes: Biomedical Sciences, Chinese Medicine, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health, Community Health Practice, and Gerontology.

Reference Style: Vancouver Style

Word Count (minimum): English (800 words); Chinese (1,500 words)

Submission: https://forms.gle/yaQfD6YvvFhiEoXh6

Due Date: November 1, 2024 (Friday)

Peer-Reviewed Process

Submission will go through a peer-review process, which allows an intellectual exchange between the editor and student writer.

Our Publications 

First Issue: July 2020

• Themes
  • Abortion 
  • End-of-life Care
  • Gene Editing
  • AI Ethics
  • Mental Health Care
  • Vaccine Hesitancy

Second Issue: June 2021

• Themes
  • Social and Health Services
  • Euthanasia
  • Emerging Technologies
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
  • Conscientious Objection

Third Issue: June 2022

• Themes
  • Public Health
  • Narratives in Medicine
  • Research and Publication Ethics
  • Reproductive Technology and Society

Fourth Issue: August 2023

• Themes
  • Ethics in Medical Technology and Practice
  • Public Health Issues
  • Social Ethics and Personal Choice
  • End-of-Life Care

Where to get the hard copies? 

• Faculty of Medicine Undergraduate Office, G07 BMSB
• Student Common Area, BMSB, 3/F
• Room 44072, Faculty and Planning Office, 2/F, Lui Che Woo Clinical Sciences Building, Prince of Wales Hospital

Where to find us? 

Email: cubioethics@link.cuhk.edu.hk

IG: cubioethics