Editing Declaration of Geneva (section)

{{Short description|Oath of ethics taken by physicians; last amended 2017}}
{{about|a declaration in the medical profession||Geneva Declaration (disambiguation)}}

The '''Declaration of Geneva''' was adopted by the General Assembly of the [[World Medical Association]] at [[Geneva]] in 1948, amended in 1968, 1983, 1994, editorially revised in 2005 and 2006 and amended in 2017.

It is a declaration of a [[physician]]'s dedication to the [[humanitarian]] goals of [[medicine]], a declaration that was especially important in view of the medical crimes which had just been committed in [[German-occupied Europe]]. The Declaration of Geneva was intended as a revision<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wma.net/news-post/public-consultation-opens-on-wma-declaration-of-geneva/ |title=World Medical Association (2017) press release 12 May |publisher=Wma.net |date=2017-05-08 |access-date=2018-03-14}}</ref> of the [[Hippocratic Oath]] to a formulation of that oath's moral truths that could be comprehended and acknowledged in a modern way.<ref name="wma.net">{{cite web|url=https://www.wma.net/policies-post/wma-international-code-of-medical-ethics/|publisher=World Medical Association |title=International Code of Medical Ethics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920142540/https://www.wma.net/news-post/modern-physicians-pledge-approved-by-world-medical-association/ |archive-date=2008-09-20 }}</ref> Unlike the case of the Oath of Hippocrates, the World Medical Association calls the statement a "pledge".