Current Policies
WMA's policies on ethical and social issues
| Title | Tags | Year | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WMA Declaration of Helsinki – Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects | Clinical Study, Ethics, Ethics Committee, Helsinki, Human Subjects, Medical Research, Patient Autonomy, Placebo, Post-Trial Access (to Care), Principle, Publication, Register, Review Committee, Risk Assessment, Subject Protection, Vulnerable Populations | 2013 | Declaration | |
| WMA Declaration of Cordoba on Patient-Physician Relationship | Declaration of Geneva, Declaration of Helsinki, Declaration of Lisbon, International Code of Medical Ethics, Patient Autonomy, Patient Rights, Patient-Physician Relationship | 2020 | Declaration | |
| WMA Declaration of Taipei on Ethical Considerations regarding Health Databases and Biobanks | Biobank, Confidentiality, Consent, Health Database, Opt-Out, Patient Rights | 2016 | Declaration | |
| WMA Declaration of Ottawa on Child Health | Adolescent, Assent, Child, Development, Education, Environment, Growth, Ottawa, Parents, Patient/Physician-Relationship, Privacy | 2009 | Declaration, Declaration of Ottawa | |
| WMA Declaration of Reykjavik – Ethical Considerations Regarding the Use of Genetics in Health Care | Bio Patents, Confidentiality, Consent, Intellectual Property, Patenting, Pharmacokinetics, Predictive Medicine, Substance Patents | 2009 | Declaration | |
| WMA Statement on Human Genome Editing | Gene Therapy, Gene-Editing, Genetic Engineering, Genome Editing, Germline Modification, Informed Consent, Somatic Cells | 2020 | Statement | |
| WMA Resolution on Equitable Global Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccine | COVID-19, Immunisation, Pandemic, Vaccine, Virus | 2020 | Resolution | |
| WMA Resolution on Unproven Therapy and the Ebola Virus | Ebola, Epidemic, Helsinki, Unproven Therapy | 2014 | Resolution | |
| WMA Statement on Conflict of Interest | Conflict of Interest, Education, Independence, Kick-Backs, Loyalty, Publication, Research, Sponsoring | 2009 | Statement | |
| WMA Statement concerning the Relationship between Physicians and Commercial Enterprises | Affiliation, CME, Commercial Companies, Conferences, Conflict of Interest, Cooperation, Corporate Relations, CPD, Disclosure, Education, Gifts, Grants, Independence, Influence, Integrity, Research, Sponsoring, Transparency | 2009 | Statement | |
| WMA Statement on Nuclear Weapons | Deployment, Development, Nuclear War, Testing | 2008 | Statement | |
| WMA Statement on Assisted Reproductive Technologies | Assisted Reproductive Technology, Ethics, ICSI, IVF, Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis, Reproductive Medicine, Surrogacy | 2006 | Statement | |
| WMA Statement on Animal Use in Biomedical Research | Animal, Ethics, Experiment, Research, Violence | 2006 | Statement | |
| WMA Statement on Ethical Issues Concerning Patients with Mental Illness | Access, Mental Health, Patients, Stigma | 2006 | Statement | |
| WMA Statement on the Responsibility of Physicians in the Documentation and Denunciation of Acts of Torture or Cruel or Inhuman or Degrading Treatment | Degrading Treatment, Ethics, Human Rights, Inhuman Treatment, Istanbul Protocol, Torture | 2003 | Resolution, Statement | |