Tuck Wai Chan

National University of Singapore, Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Head Of NUS-IRB Admin

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Dr. Chan Tuck Wai is the Deputy Director and Head of Compliance in National University of Singapore. He was Head of Administration of NUS Institutional Review Board and Secretariat and the appointed Human Protections Administrator of the National University of Singapore (NUS). Dr. Chan is a Singapore Registered Pharmacist, with Masters of Business Administration from the Golden Gate University USA, and Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Ethics (NUS). Dr. Chan is a member of the Hospital Ethics Committee at Singapore Institute of Mental Health, member of National Transplant Ethics Committee of Ministry of Health, member of the Code of Ethics Committee of Singapore Pharmacy Council, consultant to Ministry of Community Youth and Sport, Singapore Institute of Management University, Singapore University of Technology and Design and Singapore Polytechnics on research and biobank ethics. He was the Head of Medical Affairs at the National University Hospital and was instrumental in the establishment of the NUH Tissue Repository and Singapore Biobank.
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Chinese-Singaporean's Perceptions of a Good Death

Proceeding of the 23rd International Nursing Research Congress, Aug 1, 2012

ABSTRACT Aim: The study aimed to explore the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of people liv... more ABSTRACT
Aim: The study aimed to explore the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of people living in Singapore on issues surrounding death, dying and the end of life.
Methods: Data were collected by paper initially and then via survey monkey by convenience sampling. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the National University of Singapore. Data were then transcribed verbatim and Taylor(2006) thematic analysis was undertaken.
Results: The results revealed the end of life associated issues included the themes of denial of death, fear of dying, uncertainty of death and the afterlife, being peaceful, ready and free from suffering, and possible ways to a good death. Most of the latter theme consisted of cultural and religious practices.
Conclusion: There were 517 Singaporean respondents in this survey, of these 63% were females and 36% were males. The data obtained in this study revealed issues relating to end of life to be a major concern. This study demonstrated the interconnectedness of spirituality, physical and psychological concepts around concepts of death and dying. Health care professionals should be mindful that when talking to persons or their family carers about death and dying of the interconnectedness of the spiritual, physical and psychological aspects of death. They should also be aware that people from different religious backgrounds will have different needs as they prepare for their death and these differences should be taken into consideration.

A Ten-Year Retrospective Analysis of Consent for the Donation of Residual Human Tissue in a Singapore Healthcare Institution: Reflections on Governance

A 10-year (2002 to 2011) retrospective analysis of consent documentation for the donation of left... more A 10-year (2002 to 2011) retrospective analysis of consent documentation for the donation of leftover or residual human tissue from surgical interventions at a major academic healthcare institution in Singapore was conducted. Findings suggest that demographics like gender, religious belief and socioeconomic status could be indicators of the willingness of a patient to donate residual tissue to a tissue repository or biobank for future research use. Patients in general did not decide to donate based on specific details that were provided to them. Instead, those who donated were of a background that engendered a level of security or confidence that harm would not befall them. It is argued that willingness to donate depended more on this sense or perception of security that arose from systemic trustworthiness than from the rigour of consent-taking. In 2015, changes to the regulation of tissue banking and related activities in Singapore include legislative requirement for a prescribed list of information to be provided to a prospective tissue donor in consent-taking. While this and other legislative changes are important to ensure that tissue donation for research remains informed and voluntary, it is argued that trust and trustworthiness remain an unfinished project. Tissue repositories or biobanks more broadly must be constituted as moral institutions that safeguard the interests and rights of altruistic tissue donors. More critically, they must advance security and trustworthiness through good stewardship that is directed at promoting the common good through accountability, transparency and control.

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