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Surgery in the "New" Hong Kong
N. G. Patil, MS,FRCS(Ed);
John Wong, PhD,FRACS,FACS
Arch Surg. 2001;136:1415-1418.
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INTRODUCTION
The sovereignty of Hong Kong was handed over to the People's Republic of China by the United Kingdom on July 1, 1997, after almost 150 years of British rule. Hong Kong became a special administrative region (Hong Kong SAR) of China, maintaining its own legal structure governed by law based on the principle of "1 country 2 systems." The basic law continues to recognize the autonomy of medicine and other professions and of professional organizations to monitor standards and accredit qualifications as they did in the past. At the political level, the Legislative Council of Hong Kong SAR has a medical representative who is elected by the medical profession.
On the economic front, despite the recent financial crisis in Asia, Hong Kong's population of 7 million has achieved a per capita gross domestic product of US $22 000. They also have a life expectancy . . . [Full Text of this Article]
REGISTRATION OF SURGEONS
SURGERY AND UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT CENTER
SURGICAL SERVICES
SURGICAL PRACTICE
AMBULATORY SURGERY
VIDEOSCOPIC SURGERY
TRANSPLANTATION SURGERY
TOWARD ZERO OPERATIVE MORTALITY
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
HONG KONG AND INTERNATIONAL SURGERY
MAINLAND CHINA AND HONG KONG SAR
PATIENTS AND SURGEONS
From the Medical Education Unit, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (Dr Patil), and Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong Medical Centre, Queen Mary Hospital (Drs Patil and Wong), Hong Kong.
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