La Declaración de Helsinki (DoH) es la declaración más conocida de la AMM. Fue adoptada en 1964 y ha sido enmendada seis veces, la última en la Asamblea General de octubre 2008. La actual versión (2008) es la única oficial, todas las versiones anteriores han sido reemplazadas y no deben ser utilizadas o citadas, excepto para fines históricos. La AMM agradece a todos los que enviaros comentarios y sugerencias para la última revisión (2007-2008).

Algunas referencias útiles:

• Human D, Fluss SS. The World Medical Association's Declaration of Helsinki: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (References)
• The International Response to Helsinki VI - The WMA's Declaration of Helsinki on Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects, as adopted by the 52nd WMA General Assembly, Edinburgh, October 2000
• De Roy PG. Helsinki and the Declaration of Helsinki. World Med J 2004; 50/1: 9-11
• Benatar SR. Linking Moral Progress to Medical Progress: New opportunities for the Declaration of Helsinki. World Med J 2004; 50/1: 11-13
• Williams JR. The Promise and Limits of International Bioethics: Lessons from the Recent Revision of the Declaration of Helsinki. Int J Bioethics 2004; 15: 31-42
• Carlson RV, Boyd KM, Webb DJ. The revision of the Declaration of Helsinki: past, present and future. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2004; 57: 695-713
• Nuffield Council on Bioethics: The ethics of research related to healthcare in developing countries - a follow-up Discussion Paper, London, Nuffield Council, 2005
• Williams JR. The Physician's Role in the Protection of Human Research Subjects. Science and Engineering Ethics 2006; 12: 5-12
• Carlson RV, van Ginneken NH, Pettigrew LM, Davies A, Boyd KM, Webb DJ. The three official language versions of the Declaration of Helsinki: what's lost in translation? J Med Ethics 2007; 33: 545-548
• Schmidt U, Frewer A, eds. History and Theory of Human Experimentation: The Declaration of Helsinki and Modern Medical Ethics, Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2007
• Williams JR. The Declaration of Helsinki and public health. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2008; 86: 650-651