Current Policies
WMA's policies on ethical and social issues
Title | Tags | Year | Type | |
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WMA Resolution on the Access to Adequate Pain Treatment | Drug, Education, End-of-Life Care, Morphine, Opioid, Pain Relief, Palliative Treatment, Suffering, Suicide, Terminal Illness | 2011 | Resolution | |
WMA Declaration on the Protection and Integrity of Medical Personnel in Armed Conflicts and Other Situations of Violence | Armed Conflicts, Attacks, Geneva Conventions, Human Rights, Medical Personnel, Neutral, UN, Violence, War | 2011 | Declaration | |
WMA Statement on the Global Burden of Chronic Non-Communicable Disease | Chronic Disease, Continuity of Patient Care, Family Physicians, NCDs, Non-Communicable Diseases, Preventive Care | 2011 | Statement | |
WMA Resolution on the Independence of National Medical Associations | High Standards, Independence, Medical Associations, Practice, Regulatory Body, Trade Union | 2011 | Council Resolutions, Resolution | |
WMA Statement on Environmental Degradation and Sound Management of Chemicals | Chemicals, Chemicals Management, Environment, Environmental Degradation, Plastic bags, Plastic wastes | 2010 | Statement | |
WMA Resolution on Drug Precsription | Delegation, Diagnosis, Drug Prescription, Patient Safety, Pharmaceutical Products, Prescription, Scope of Practice, Substitution | 2010 | Resolution | |
WMA Statement on Family Violence | Abuse, Family Violence, Maltreat, Neglect, Prevention, Reporting, Violence | 2010 | Statement | |
WMA Statement on the Relationship between Physicians and Pharmacists in Medicinal Therapy | Delegation, Drug Therapy, Medical Therapy, Pharmacists, Professional Responsibility, Scope of Practice, Substitution | 2010 | Statement | |
WMA Statement on Medical Care for Migrants | Access to Health Care, Asylum Seekers, Medical Care, Migrants, Refugees | 2010 | Statement | |
WMA Statement on Violence against Women | Advocacy, Domestic Violence, Family Violence, Girls, Violence, Women | 2010 | Statement | |
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 Delhi on Health and Climate Change | Adaptation, Climate, Delhi, Environment, Environmental Footprint, Global Warming, Mitigation, Natural Catastrophe, Pandemic, UN | 2009 | Declaration | |
WMA Resolution on Task Shifting from the Medical Profession | Attrition, Delegation, Human Resources, Quality of Care, Retention, Safety, Supervision, Task Shifting, Training, Work Force | 2009 | Resolution | |
WMA Resolution on Legislation against Abortion in Nicaragua | Abortion, Abortion, medical, Criminalisation, Law, Nicaragua | 2009 | Resolution | |
WMA Resolution on Medical Workforce | Attrition, Education, Human Resources for Health, Resilience, Resource Allocation, Retention, Scope of Practice, Task Shifting, Training, Workforce, Working Conditions | 2009 | Resolution |