Current Policies

WMA's policies on ethical and social issues


Title Tags Year Type
WMA Statement on Ethical Issues Concerning Patients with Mental Illness Access, Mental Health, Patients, Stigma 2006 Statement
WMA Resolution on the Designation of an Annual Medical Ethics Day Medical Ethics Day 2003 Resolution
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
WMA Resolution on the Non-Commercialisation of Human Reproductive Material Embryo Transfer, Ethics, Gametes, Reproductive Technology 2003 Resolution
WMA Statement on Advance Directives (Living Wills) Advance Directive, End-of-Life Care, Living Will, Patient Autonomy, Self-Determination 2003 Statement
WMA Statement on Forensic Investigation of the Missing Ethics, Forensic Medicine, ICRC, Military Personnel, Missing Persons, Standards, War 2003 Statement
WMA Statement on Violence and Health Advocacy, Data Collection, Medical Training, Prevention, Violence 2003 Statement