Rosie Young: A Lifetime of Selfless Service (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789888805785)

Chronicles the life of a professor who dedicated her career to improving medical education and healthcare in Hong Kong.

In Rosie Young: A Lifetime of Selfless Service, Moira Chan-Yeung presents a brief history of professor Young's remarkable career in medical education and administration at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and her wide-ranging public service to the community over many decades. As the first female dean of HKU's Faculty of Medicine, her career was deeply intertwined with the socio-economic development of Hong Kong. After she retired from HKU, she continued to serve HKU and the community until the present. This book illustrates her many contributions to the development of medical education in Hong Kong and the university administration at HKU. Young's extensive public service in the field of medicine also helped improve primary care, hospital care, and public health in Hong Kong. In short, this book provides a valuable record of a female giant in medical history and documents her selfless and enduring service to the HKU community and Hong Kong society.


Author: Moira M. W. Chan-Yeung
ISBN-10: 9888805789
ISBN-13: 9789888805785
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2024
Pages: 196
Format: Hardcover