Geneva Declaration of the World Medical Association
The Geneva Declaration (also known as the Declaration of Geneva or Geneva vow called) was established in September 1948 at the 2nd General Assembly of the World Medical Association in Geneva , Switzerland adopted. It is intended (also called Serment d'Hippocrate, formule de Genève or The Hippocratic Oath formulated at Geneva ) to represent a contemporary version of the Hippocratic oath without a religious context and has been revised several times (1968, 1983, 1994, 2005, 2006 and 2017). It has been incorporated into the professional code of conduct for German doctors and preceded by their preamble.
Pledge
The official German translation of the Declaration of Geneva, authorized by the World Medical Association in the version approved by the 68th General Assembly of the World Medical Association in Chicago , United States of America in October 2017, reads:
The Medical Vow
As a member of the medical profession,
I solemnly vow to put my life in the service of humanity.
The health and well-being of my patient will be my top priority.
I will respect the autonomy and dignity of my patient.
I will maintain the highest respect for human life.
I will not allow age, illness or disability, belief, race, gender, nationality, political affiliation, race, sexual orientation, social status, or any other factor to intervene between my duties and my patient.
I will keep the secrets entrusted to me even after the patient's death.
I will practice my profession to the best of my ability, with dignity and in accordance with good medical practice.
I will promote the honor and noble traditions of the medical profession.
I will show my teachers, my colleagues and my students the respect and gratitude they deserve.
I will share my medical knowledge for the benefit of the patient and to improve health care.
I will take care of my own health, well-being and abilities in order to provide treatment of the highest quality.
Even under threat, I will not use my medical knowledge to violate human rights and civil liberties.
I solemnly pledge this, of my own free will and on my honor.
See also
literature
- Helmut Siefert : 'Geneva Vow'. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 475.
- Karl-Heinz Leven : doctor's vow. In: Werner E. Gerabek et al. (Ed.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. 2005, p. 108 f.
Individual evidence
- ^ WMA - The World Medical Association-WMA Declaration of Geneva. Retrieved October 20, 2017 (American English).
- ↑ German Medical Association: MBO .
- ^ Official German translation of the Declaration of Geneva, authorized by the World Medical Association. October 2017, accessed April 30, 2018 .
