Adopted by the 44th World Medical Assembly,
Marbella, Spain, September 1992
and editorially revised at the 170th Council Session, Divonne-les-Bains,
France, May 2005
Physician-assisted suicide, like euthanasia, is unethical and must
be condemned by the medical profession. Where the assistance of
the physician is intentionally and deliberately directed at enabling
an individual to end his or her own life, the physician acts unethically.
However the right to decline medical treatment is a basic right
of the patient and the physician does not act unethically even if
respecting such a wish results in the death of the patient. |
