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14 th AFCMA Congress 2008Programme27 November 2008 (Thursday)17:00 - 17:30 Registration17:30 - 18:30 Opening Mass18:30 - 19:00 Opening Ceremony and welcome address19:00 - 20:00 Keynote lecture(1)Beyond Secularist Medical Ethics20:00 - 22:00 Welcome Reception28 November 2008 (Friday)08:15 - 09:00 Thanksgiving massSession 1 In defense of human dignity: The bioethics aspectJavier CardinalLozano BarraganAsian Federation Of Catholic Medical Associations09:00 - 09:45 Keynote lecture (2)The Christian understanding of human dignity andthe practice of medicineProf. Luke Gormally09:45 - 10:30 Challenges to Human Dignity in Secular Bioethics Fr. Joseph Tham10:30 - 10:45 Tea break10:45 - 11:15 Bioethics and the Stewardship of Human Dignity Fr. David Garcia11:15 - 11:45 Bioethics and the defense of human dignity inbiomedical researchDr. Derrick Au11:45 - 12:15 Human dignity in the dying Dr. Vincent Tse12:15 - 12:30 Q & A12:30 - 14:00 Lunch / AFCMA council meetingSession 2Preserving human dignity in vulnerable people14:00 - 14:45 Keynote lecture (3)Testing What is Consistent with Human Dignityin Modern Medicine: The Standard of the NaturalMoral Law14:45 - 15:15 Upholding catholic moral principles in managementof a private catholic hospital15:15 - 15:30 Tea breakFr. Louis Aldrich SJDr. David Fang15:30 - 16:00 Human dignity in patients with terminal illness Dr. Michael Sham16:00 - 16:30 Geriatric Medicine: Soul, Opportunity, System Dr. David Dai16:30 - 17:00 Human dignity in vegetative state Dr. Peter Au Yeung17:00 - 17:30 Group Photo18:00 - 21:00 Congress banquet2 Congress Information