Adopted by the 40th World Medical Assembly
Vienna, Austria, September 1988
and rescinded at the WMA General Assembly,
Santiago 2005
| WHEREAS |
medical care is organized
throughout the world in many different ways, from absolute
freedom to practice medicine to medical services organized
exclusively and completely by the State and |
| WHEREAS |
examination of the
economic and social contexts within which these health care
systems exist reveals a diversity of medical need and community
objectives, and |
| WHEREAS |
a pluralism of structure
for the provision of medical care is needed to fulfill those
needs and objectives, |
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, hat the World Medical Association supports
the concept of medical group practice as one method for providing
continuous quality medical care within the context of medical ethics.
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