In 1946, the World Medical Association (WMA) was formed by representatives of 32 national medical associations. In 1947, one month after the conclusion of the Nuremberg Trial, the WMA held its first meeting
In 1946, the World Medical Association (WMA) was formed by representatives of 32 national medical associations. In 1947, one month after the conclusion of the Nuremberg Trial, the WMA held its first meeting, when it adopted a new physician’s oath, omitting injunctions against abortion and euthanasia. Almost from its inception, the WMA came under the influence of the pharmaceutical industry and the financial contributions of the American Medical Association (Lederer, 2007).
In 1951, the WMA voted to include the Japanese medical association, 30 of 31; and voted 28 in favor of Germany’s medical association.
“Acceptance into the world community of professional medical associations freed the Bundesärztekammer (Bund) of any moral shackles arising out of the Hitler period. Morally unencumbered, the Federal Chamber was able to choose as its first postwar leader