R-1999-01-1999_OVE

LIASSOCIATION MEDICALE MONDIALE, INC ASOCIACION MEDICA MUNDIAL” INC
THE WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, INC.
B.P. 63 – 01212 FERNEY·VOLTAIRECedex, France
Centre lntemationa! de Bureaux·Immeuble A”Keynes·
13, chemin du Levant- 01210 FERNEY-VOLTAIRE,France
Telephone: (33) 4 SO 40 75 75
Fax: (33) 4 SO 40 59 37
October 1999
E-mail address:infoOwma.net
Website : www.wma.net
20.4/99
Original: English
WORLJ) MEDICAL ASSOCIATION RESOLUTION
ON THE
INCLUSION OF MEDICAL ETHICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE CURRICULUM
OF MEDICAL SCHOOLS WORLD-WIDE
Adopted by the 5111 World Medical Association General Assembly
Tel Aviv, Israel, October 1999
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1. WHEREAS Medical Ethics and Human Rights form an integral part or-tlie~-worK-ana— n
e culture ofthe medical profession, and
2. WHEREAS Medical Ethics and Human Rights form an integral part of the history,
structure and objectives ofthe World Medical Association.
3. IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the WMA strongly recommends to Medical Schools
world-wide that the teaching of Medical Ethics and Human Rights be
included as an obligatory course in their curricula.
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