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Since its official launch in January 2005, the WMA Medical Ethics
Manual has been distributed to medical journals and medical schools
throughout the world. The following translations have been completed:
- French
(WMA)
- Spanish
(WMA)
- Macedonian (Macedonian Medical Association)
- Albanian (Macedonian Medical Association)
- Traditional
Mandarin (Taiwan Medical Association)
- Korean (Korean
Medical Association)
- Indonesian
(Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta)
- German
(German Medical Association)
- Arabic
(Prof. Mohamed Salah Ben Ammar of the University of Tunis Faculty
of Medicine)
- Turkish
(Turkish Medical Association)
- Russian (Russian Medical Society)
- Bulgarian (Bulgarian Medical Association)
- Japanese
(Japanese Medical Association)
- Estonian (Estonian Medical Association)
- Georgian (Georgian Medical Association)
Announcements of other completed translations will be made on
this section of the WMA website.
Copies of the print version of the Manual in English can be ordered
from the WMA free of charge, although we have found it necessary
to request reimbursement for mailing/shipping charges for bulk
orders.
The following news stories, articles and reviews of the Manual
have appeared to date:
- An interview with Prof. John Williams about the Manual in
Quo Vadis (Bulgaria), 5 October 2006: 16
- A review by Phrancis Momoh in Nursing Ethics 2006;
13: 671-2
- Reviews by Per Nortvedt, Søren Holm and Daniel Fu-Chang
Tsai and a response by John R. Williams in Journal of Medical
Ethics 2006; 32: 159-165
- An interview with Prof. John Williams about the Manual in
Meditsynskaya Gazeta (Russia) 2006; 11 (15 February):
12
- A review by Rosanna W. Peeling and Abha Saxena in
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2006; 84 (2): 159-160
- A review by Chris Chaloner in Mental Health Practice (U.K.)
2005; 8/10: 31
- A review by Ole J. Hartling in Ugeskr
Læger 2005; 167 (49): 4683b
- A review by Darko Hren in Croatian
Medical Journal 2005; 46 (5): 860
- A review by Wendy A. Rogers in The Medical Journal of Australia
2005; 183: 271
- A review by Sunil K. Pandya in The National Medical Journal
of India 2005; 18/4: 218-9
- Short review in Research Ethics Committees in the News 15
(July 2005) - www.corec.org.uk/applicants/docs/RECs_in_the_News15_Jul05.doc
- An article by Prof. John Williams entitled, "WMA develops
a teaching tool for medical ethics," in Royal College
Outlook (Canada) 2005; 2/2: 8-10
- An article by Prof. John Williams entitled, "The WMA
Medical Ethics Manual," in World Medical Journal
51/1 (2005), 12-13.
- An article by Prof. John Williams entitled, "International
Medical Ethics," in World Hospitals and Health Services
41/1 (2005), 47-48.
- An interview with Prof. John Williams about the Manual in
Gastro-Pro, an online news services for gastroenterologists
- www.gastro-pro.org.
The WMA is very interested in hearing the reactions of readers
to the Manual. Whether you are a practising physician, a medical
student or a teacher of medical ethics, please let us know by
email, regular mail or fax whether the Manual in its present form
meets your needs and how you think it can be improved in future
editions. In addition, we would like to know whether you see a
need for additional ethics resources from the WMA, and if so,
on what topics.
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Acknowledgments