Paper document with the "International Code of Medical Ethics"; the paper has the title at the top with a crest to its right; a design goes down the right side of the text and across the bottom.
Paper document with the "International Code of Medical Ethics"; the paper has the title at the top with a crest to its right; a design goes down the right side of the text and across the bottom.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Acquired by the donor's father, Dr. Albert C. Rockel, probably some time in the 1950s and possibly at a medical conference.
Printed at the top of the page: "INTERNATIONAL CODE // OF MEDICAL ETHICS // Adopted by the third General Assembly of the World Medical Association in London, England, October, 1949 // Duties of Doctors in General Duties of Doctors to the Sick // Duties of Doctors to Each Other // DECLARATION OF GENEVA"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-1-5 BOX 28
Dimension Notes
Length 61.0 cm x Width 45.8 cm
Condition Remarks
The paper was stored in a roll for a long time and is still somewhat curled; some wear to the edges.
Copy Type
Original
Research Facts
Dr. Rockel graduated in medicine from the University of Toronto in 1939 and practiced in New Dundee, Ontario from 1940 to 1942; he joined the Canadian military medical corps during the Second World War (1943-145) and in 1946 he returned to Kitchener to private practice.
The World Medical Association is an international organization representing physicians, founded on September 17, 1947 by physicians from 27 different countries in Paris; it was created to ensure the independence of physicians and to ensure high standards of ethical behaviour and care by physicians at all times; the ethics were particularly relevant after the atrocities committed by Nazi Doctors in World War II