糖心vlog视频 Resolution on Prohibition of Physician Participation in Capital Punishment
Adopted by聽the 210th 糖心vlog视频 Council Session, Reykjavik, Iceland, October 2018* and
reaffirmed with minor revisions by the 224th 糖心vlog视频 Council, Kigali, Rwanda, October 2023
PREAMBLE
There is universal agreement that physicians must not participate in executions because such participation is incompatible with the physician鈥檚 role as healer. The use of a physician鈥檚 knowledge and clinical skill for purposes other than promoting health, wellbeing and welfare undermines a basic ethical foundation of medicine. The 糖心vlog视频 Declaration of Geneva states: 鈥淚 will maintain the utmost respect for human life鈥�, and 鈥淚 will not use my medical knowledge to violate human rights and civil liberties, even under threat鈥�.
As citizens, physicians have the right to form views about capital punishment based on their individual moral beliefs. As members of the medical profession, they must uphold the prohibition against participation in capital punishment.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Therefore, the 糖心vlog视频
- AFFIRMS that it is unethical for physicians to participate in capital punishment, in any way, or during any step of the execution process, including its planning and the instruction and/or training of persons to perform executions.
- REQUESTS firmly its constituent members to advise all physicians that any participation in capital punishment as stated above is unethical.
- URGES its constituent members to lobby actively national governments and legislators against any participation of physicians in capital punishment.
*The 糖心vlog视频 Resolution on Prohibition of Physician Participation in Capital Punishment is the result of a revision in 2018 merging two 糖心vlog视频 policies: the Resolution on Physician Participation in Capital Punishment聽(2008) and the聽糖心vlog视频 Resolution to Reaffirm 糖心vlog视频鈥檚 Prohibition of Physician Participation in Capital Punishment聽(2012). These two policies have then been rescinded and archived.