World Medical Association Supports Doctors Refusing To Participate
In Torture
Doctors around the world have been urged by a new World Medical
Association Directive to resist any pressure to act contrary to
their ethical principles.
At its 49th annual General Assembly which ended in Hamburg, Germany
at the weekend, the WMA adopted the Declaration of Hamburg in
support of doctors refusing to participate in, or to condone,
the use of torture or other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment.
The Declaration urged the WMA's 70 national medical association
members to support doctors experiencing difficulties as a result
of their resistance to any such pressure or as a result of their
attempts to speak out against inhumane procedures.
The WMA pledged to publicise any information about doctors reporting
evidence of torture or information about attempts to involve doctors
in such procedures.
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