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Declaration of Geneva
The Aim of Medical Treatment PDF Print E-mail

"The German Doctors' Association is protesting a decision of the German Federal Court which ordered a doctor to pay compensation to parents of a disabled child, after he failed to identify the existence of an impairment in the pre-natal screening" (Disability Tribune July 02). The G. D: A. stated : "The aim of medical treatment is to heal, alleviate or prevent illnesses and disabilities - not to kill the sick and disabled".

 
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