WMA Resolution on the Designation of an Annual Medical Ethics Day
Adopted by the 54th WMA General Assembly, Helsinki, Finland, September 2003
Reaffirmed by the 194th WMA Council, Bali, Indonesia, April 2013
and by the 215th WMA Council (online), Cordoba, Spain, October 2020
Reaffirmed with minor revisions by the 230th WMA Council, Porto, Portugal, October 2025
Whereas the World Medical Association has a specific focus and function in the field of medical ethics, and came into being on 18 September 1947 during the first General Assembly, it is resolved that its Constituent Members are encouraged to annually observe the 18th September as “Medical Ethics Day”.
Policy Types
Resolution
Tags
Ethics, Medical Ethics, Medical Ethics Day
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