The
mission of medical doctor is to safeguard the health of the people. The
Declaration of Geneva of the World Medical Association (WMA) binds the doctor
with the words, "The health of my patient will be my first
consideration." In the treatment of the sick person, the doctor must be
free to use a new diagnostic and therapeutic measure, if in his/her judgment it
offers hope of saving life, re–establishing health or alleviating suffering.
·
The potential benefits, hazards and
discomfort of a new method should be weighed against the advantages of the best
current diagnostic and therapeutic methods.
·
In any medical study, every patient
including those of a control group, if any, should be assured of the best
proven diagnostic and therapeutic method.
·
The refusal of the patient to
participate in a study must never interfere with the doctor–patient
relationship.
·
If the doctor considers it essential not
to obtain informed consent, the specific reasons for this proposal should be
stated in the experimental protocol for transmission to the independent
committee.
·
The doctor can combine medical research
with professional care, the objective being the acquisition of new medical
knowledge, only to the extent that medical research is justified by its
potential diagnostic or therapeutic value for the patient.
(Ref: 18th World Medical
Assembly, Helsinki, Finland, 1964 and revised by the 29th World Medical
Assembly, Tokyo, Japan, 1975).
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