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The WMA on medical ethics—some critical comments
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Conflicts of interest: Søren Holm is a member of the Danish Medical Association and of the British Medical Association, both of which are members of the World Medical Association. He swore the Danish Physicians’ Oath in 1991 despite not being in total agreement with its text, which was originally written in 1815.
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