Current Policies
WMA's policies on ethical and social issues
| Title | Tags | Year | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WMA Statement on Access to Health Care | Access, Education, Financing, Freedom of Choice, Health Services Accessibility, Human Resources, Quality, Resource Allocation, Transportation | 2006 | Statement | |
| WMA Statement on Weapons of Warfare and Their Relation to Life and Health | Emergency Treatment, Firearm Safety, Firearms, Injury, Warfare, Weapons | 2006 | Statement | |
| WMA Declaration of Tokyo – Guidelines for Physicians Concerning Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Relation to Detention and Imprisonment | Degrading, Detention, Forced Feeding, Imprisonment, Inhuman, Interrogation, Patient Autonomy, Professional Autonomy, Reporting, Tokyo, Torture | 2006 | Declaration, Declaration of Tokyo | |
| WMA Declaration of Hong Kong on the Abuse of Older People | Elder Abuse, Elderly, Family Violence, Geriatrics, Hong Kong, Maltreat, Neglect, Reporting | 2005 | Declaration, Declaration of Hong Kong | |
| WMA Statement on Non-Discrimination in Professional Membership and Activities of Physicians | National Medical Association, Non-Discrimination, Physicians, Professional | 2005 | Statement | |
| WMA Statement on Medical Liability | Defensive Medicine, Legal Systems, Malpractice, Medical Liability, Tort Law | 2005 | Statement | |
| WMA Statement on Drug Substitution | Bioequivalence, Drug Substitution, Generic Substitution, Therapeutic Substitution | 2005 | Statement | |
| WMA Declaration of Lisbon on the Rights of the Patient | Lisbon, Patient, Patient Charta, Patient Rights, Patient/Physician-Relations, Rights | 2005 | Declaration, Declaration of Lisbon | |
| WMA Declaration on the Relation of Law and Ethics | Ethical Obligations, Law, Legal Duties, Legal Obligations, Unethical Conducts | 2005 | Declaration | |
| WMA Statement on Body Searches of Prisoners | Body Cavity Search, Correctional Institutions, Detention, Physical Examination, Prison | 2005 | Statement | |
| WMA Statement on Boxing | Accident Prevention, Boxing, Brain Injury, Sport, Trauma | 2005 | Statement | |
| WMA Statement on Female Genital Mutilation | Circumcision, FGM, Genital Mutilation, Human Rights, Medicalisation, Mutilation, Violence against Women | 2005 | Statement | |
| WMA Resolution on WFME Global Standards for Quality Improvement of Medical Education | Basic Medical Education (Undergraduate medical education), Continuing Professional Development (CPD), Education, Medical Education (Medical training), Postgraduate Medical Education (Specialisation, Quality, Residency), Standards, World Federation for Medical Education | 2004 | Resolution | |
| WMA Statement on Water and Health | Emergency, Environment, Health, Water | 2004 | 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 | |