| Administrative History | At its eighteenth annual assembly in Helsinki, the World Medical Association defined and adopted a set of ethical principals for medical research involving human subjects, which came to be known as the 'Declaration of Helsinki.' The declaration has been amended five times since, up to and including at the association's 52nd general assembly in Edinburgh in 2000.
As a precursor to the 1964 Helsinki assembly, members of the Swedish Medical Association prepared a programme of visits to medical and health care establishments in and around Stockholm for delegates. Mary Esslemont's extended trip also took in Denmark (visiting Copenhagen) and Norway, where she attended the tenth extraordinary general assembly of the Medical Women's International Association, in Sandefjiord, 29 June - 3 July 1964. |
| Description | Papers relating to the Eighteenth General Assembly of the W.M.A., Helsinki, Finland, 13 - 19 June 1964:
Printed assembly 'Manual', containing lists of committee members, assembly programme, details of excursions and [medical/pharmaceutical] exhibition guide.
Invitation cards to social events.
World Medical Association observer card for Mary Esslemont, representative of the British Medical Association.
Preliminary assembly schedule (loose, typed pages).
'Programme for the World Medical Association-days in Stockholm, 11 - 12 June 1964.'
Miscellaneous correspondence relating to the assembly.
Printed material relating to public health, welfare and medical services in Finland and Sweden, including satirical booklet on 'Helsinki Medical Students', illustrated with cartoons.
Travel itineraries and related papers. |