Invited Commentary

Declaration of Helsinki The World's Document of Conscience and Responsibility

Authors: G. Richard Holt, MD, MSE, MPH, MABE, DBioethics

Abstract

I want to commend to you the guest editorial by Dr Ramin Parsa-Parsi and his colleagues on the 2013 revision of the World Medical Association’s (WMA’s) Declaration of Helsinki.1 This seminal document has been revised over the years, in keeping with the increasing sophistication of the field of bioethics as well as the expanding responsibilities for global health and international medicine. Dr. Parsa-Parsi headed the revision committee of the WMA for this latest revision, an extremely important position and task. We have just welcomed him as a new member of the international editorial board of the Southern Medical Journal, a great honor for our publication.

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References

1. Parsa-Parsi RW, Ellis R, Wiesing U. Fifty years at the forefront of ethical guidance: the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki. South Med J 2014;107:405-406.