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Think tank Our Hong Kong Foundation says city lacks end-of-life care framework despite a bill allowing advance directives on such treatments.

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I served as a member of the University Autonomy Committees in 2001 as the Chairman, Committee of Vice-Chancellors.  In the final analysis, the universities had partial autonomy. They were given administrative autonomy but not financial autonomy. If universities want true autonomy, the Act should be revisited

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SEN. Christopher Lawrence Bong Go on Monday said he had filed three bills to promote a more responsive government by improving accessibility to public services.

/ Staff writer, with CNAAny move toward legalizing assisted suicide in the nation should be made with caution and start from the grassroots, as it would be “improper” for the government to take the lead on the policy, Minister of Health and Welfare Hsueh Jui-yuan （薛瑞元） said yesterday.

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A recent appeal from a severely disabled Tainan man for legalization of voluntary euthanasia has rekindled an issue that is seldom the center of public discourse. Born in 1956, Tsai Ching-hsiung (蔡清雄) contracted polio when he was a child, causing the muscles of both his legs and his right arm to shrink. Despite his limitations, he has engaged in charity work for nearly 30 years in Tainan, earning him the nickname “the little disabled giant” around his neighborhood. For more than two de...

While the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world in 2020, Taiwanese were adding more healthy years to their lives, Ministry of Health and Welfare data revealed last week. Disability-adjusted life years (DALY) measure the amount of time lost to severe illness, disability or premature death. As with all good metrics, this one is able to plainly spell out an issue integral to our lived experience, helping society make decisions that could get people through the toughest times in their lives. Hidi...

DISEASE REDUCTION: Disappearance of the flu, colds and pneumonia during the pandemic’s first year seemed to add months of quality living to lifespans of TaiwaneseBy Wu Liang-yi and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writer