Policy
»ÆÉ«app's Policies on Ethical and Social Issues
The Handbook of »ÆÉ«app Policy is issued as a record of the »ÆÉ«app’s stance on a variety of ethical and social issues. The issues are usually important factors in human health and are relevant to physicians worldwide. Some of the Declarations have needed revision in light of new knowledge or to improve the sometimes awkward wording that inevitably occurs when people of different tongues deliberate together. This dynamic process shows that the »ÆÉ«app is a constantly evolving, unique organization, ideal to act as a protector of patients’ best interests, and as advocates for the medical profession.
- »ÆÉ«app Declaration of Washington on Biological Weapons (revised)
- »ÆÉ«app Declaration on the Ethical Use of Medical Technology (revised)
- »ÆÉ«app Statement in Times of Armed Conflict and Other Situations of Violence (revised)
- »ÆÉ«app Statement on Forced or Coerced Sterilisation (revised)
- »ÆÉ«app Statement on Human Health as a Primary Policy Focus for Governments Worldwide
- »ÆÉ«app Statement on International Medical Meetings in Countries Persecuting Physicians against Medical Ethics and Human Rights Standard
- »ÆÉ«app Statement on Medical Ethics during Public Health Emergencies
- »ÆÉ«app Statement on Natural Variations of Human Sexuality (revised)
- »ÆÉ«app Statement on Primary Health Care
- »ÆÉ«app Statement on Electronic Cigarettes and Other Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (revised)
- »ÆÉ«app Resolution Condemning the Violence against Physicians in Nepal
- »ÆÉ«app Resolution for an Immediate and Effective Ceasefire in Sudan and the Protection of Health Care (revised)
- »ÆÉ«app Resolution in Support of the Medical Associations in Latin America and the Caribbean (revised)
- »ÆÉ«app Resolution on acknowledgement and condemnation of the human rights violations against the Uyghurs and other minorities in China
- »ÆÉ«app Resolution on Anti-LGBTQ Legislation in Uganda (revised)
- »ÆÉ«app Resolution on Human Rights Demonstrations in Iran (revised)
- »ÆÉ«app Resolution on Medical Workforce (revised)
Policies reaffirmed by the 223rd Council Session, Nairobi, April 2023 and the 224th Council Session, Kigali, October 2023
- »ÆÉ«app Statement on Advance Directives (Living Wills) (with minor revision)
- »ÆÉ«app Statement on Forensic Investigation of the Missing (with minor revision)
- »ÆÉ«app Statement on Fungal Disease Diagnosis and Management (with minor revision)
- »ÆÉ«app Statement on Right of Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture (with minor revision)
- »ÆÉ«app Statement on the United Nations Resolution for a Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty (with minor revision)
- »ÆÉ«app Resolution on Collaboration Between Human and Veterinary Medicine (with minor revision)
- »ÆÉ«app Resolution on Prohibition of Physician Participation in Capital Punishment (with minor revision)
- »ÆÉ«app Resolution on Supporting the Ottawa Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (with minor revision)
»ÆÉ«app endorsed the and as a consequence, the following policy was updated:
Policy Handbook English-Version 2023 (printed in December 2023; 9,2 MB)