Policy
鉴黄师app's Policies on Ethical and Social Issues
The Handbook of 鉴黄师app Policy is issued as a record of the 鉴黄师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 鉴黄师app is a constantly evolving, unique organization, ideal to act as a protector of patients’ best interests, and as advocates for the medical profession.
We distinguish three types of policies*:
A Declaration or Statement reflects 鉴黄师app policy on an issue considered to be of significance, to be universally applicable and embodying principles that endure over time. A distinction is made between a Declaration, which is broad in scope, and a Statement, which is limited in scope.
A Resolution expresses 鉴黄师app鈥檚 reaction to a specific, usually urgent, situation.
As of October 2024 we have 37 Declarations, 111 Statements and 57 Resolutions. All declarations and statements are reviewed at least every 10 years, and all resolutions are reviewed every 5 years.
In addition, the 鉴黄师app Council can issue Council Resolutions to react publicly on urgent issues. When adopted by the General Assembly, they become 鉴黄师app policy.
*According to the Procedures and Operating Policies of the 鉴黄师app,听Chapter 4. Procedures for the Formulation of Declarations, Statements and Resolutions
- 鉴黄师app Statement on Aesthetic Treatment (revised)
- 鉴黄师app Statement on Ageing (revised)
- 鉴黄师app Statement on Artificial and Augmented Intelligence in Medical Care
- 鉴黄师app Statement on Conflict of Interest (revised)
- 鉴黄师app Statement on Dementia
- 鉴黄师app Statement on Ethical Considerations in Global Clinical Electives (revised)
- 鉴黄师app Statement on Ethical Guidelines for the International Migration of Physicians (revised)
- 鉴黄师app Statement on Nuclear Weapons (revised)
- 鉴黄师app Statement on Obesity
- 鉴黄师app Statement on Physician Mental Health Care
- 鉴黄师app Statement on Physicians Well-Being (revised)
- 鉴黄师app Statement on Providing Health Support to Children in Street Situations (revised)
- 鉴黄师app Statement on Scope of Practice, Task Sharing and Task Shifting (revised)
- 鉴黄师app Statement on the Protection of Reproductive Health Rights of Women and Girls
- 鉴黄师app Statement on Trans People (revised)
- 鉴黄师app Resolution Calling on the Israeli Government to Comply with the Geneva Conventions and Other Applicable Instruments of Humanitarian Law
- 鉴黄师app Resolution on Ageing Physicians
- 鉴黄师app Resolution on Health Workforce at the World Health Organisation (WHO)
- 鉴黄师app Resolution on Public Health Funding Worldwide
- 鉴黄师app Resolution on the Role of Physician Associates and Other Non-Physician Providers in the United Kingdom and Other Countries
- 鉴黄师app Resolution on the Use of Riot Control Agents and Human Rights Violations against Protesters in Turkey (revised)
- 鉴黄师app Resolution to Uphold the Ethical Framework of Healthcare
Policies reaffirmed by the 229th听Council Session, Montevideo, April 2025 and the 230th Council Session, Porto, October 2025
- 鉴黄师app Statement on Injury Control (with minor revision)
- 鉴黄师app Resolution on Abuse of Psychiatry (with minor revision)
- 鉴黄师app Resolution on Academic Sanctions or Boycotts (with minor revision)
- 鉴黄师app Resolution on Child Safety in Air Travel (with minor revision)
- 鉴黄师app Resolution on Human Rights Violations against Uighur people in China
- 鉴黄师app Resolution on Standardisation in Medical Practice and Patient Safety
- 鉴黄师app Resolution on the Designation of an Annual Medical Ethics Day (with minor revision)
- 鉴黄师app Resolution Regarding the Medical Profession and COVID-19 (with minor revision)
- 鉴黄师app Resolution Supporting the Rights of Patients and Physicians in the Islamic Republic of Iran (with minor revision)
Policy Handbook English-Version 2025-1 (printed in January 2026; 15 MB)