Adopted by the 36th World Medical Assembly
Singapore, October 1984
Professional independence and professional freedom are indispensable
to physicians to enable them to give appropriate health care to
their patients. Therefore, there should be no barriers, whether
philosophical, religious, racial, political, geographic, physical
or of any other nature to prevent physicians from participating
in professional activities that will enable them to acquire the
information, knowledge, skills and techniques required to provide
appropriate health care to their patients.
In as much as the purpose of the WMA is to serve humanity by
endeavoring to achieve the highest international standards in
medical education, medical science, medical art and medical ethics,
and health care for all people of the world, there should accordingly
be no barriers which will prevent physicians from attending meetings
of the WMA, or other medical meetings, wherever such meetings
are convened.
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