Current Policies

WMA's policies on ethical and social issues


Title Tags Year Type
WMA Declaration of Taipei on Ethical Considerations regarding Health Databases and Biobanks Biobank, Confidentiality, Consent, Health Database, Opt-Out, Patient Rights 2016 Declaration
WMA Statement on Ethical Issues Concerning Patients with Mental Illness Access, Mental Health, Patients, Stigma 2006 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 of Helsinki – Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Participants Clinical Study, Ethics, Ethics Committee, Helsinki, Human Participants, Human Subjects, Medical Research, Patient Autonomy, Placebo, Post-Trial Access (to Care), Principle, Publication, Register, Research, Review Committee, Risk Assessment, Subject Protection, Vulnerable Populations 2024 Declaration
WMA Statement on Assisted Reproductive Technologies Assisted Reproductive Technology, Ethics, ICSI, IVF, Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis, Reproductive Medicine, Surrogacy 2024 Statement
WMA Statement on Medical Ethics during Public Health Emergencies Conflict, Disaster, Epidemic, Ethical Principles, Health Emergencies, Pandemic, Personal Protective Equipment, PHEs, PPE, Triage 2023 Statement
WMA Statement on Measures for the Prevention and Fight against Transplant-Related Crimes Crime, End-of-Life Care, International Cooperation, Organ Donation, Organ Procurement, Organ transplantation, Trafficking in Human Organs, Trafficking in Persons for the Purpose of the Removal of Organs, Transplant Surgery 2020 Statement
WMA Statement on Augmented Intelligence in Medical Care Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Intelligence, Data Integrity, Machine Learning, Patient Data 2019 Statement
WMA Statement on the Development and Promotion of a Maternal and Child Health Handbook Child, Continuum of Care, Handbook, Maternal and Child Health, Mother 2018 Statement
WMA Statement on Medical Tourism Ethics, Foreign Patients, Guidelines, Medical Tourism 2018 Statement
WMA Statement on Cyber-Attacks on Health and Other Critical Infrastructure Cyber Intrusion, Cyber-attack, Electronic Medical Records, Health Technology, Information Technology 2016 Statement
WMA Declaration on Alcohol Alcohol, Driving Measures, Harmful, Industry, Marketing, Pricing Policies 2015 Declaration
WMA Statement on Natural Variations of Human Sexuality Bisexual, Conversion/Reparative Therapy, Discrimination, Homosexual, Human Rights, Human Sexuality, Sexual Orientation, Stigmatisation 2013 Statement
WMA Declaration of Kigali on the Ethical Use of Medical Technology Advanced Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Medical Ethics, Medical Technology 2012 Declaration
WMA Statement on Organ and Tissue Donation Donors, Living Donation, Organ Donation, Organs, Tissue Donation, Tissues 2012 Statement