World Medical Association
international organization
Also known as: WMA
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medical associations
- In medical association
…largest such organization is the World Medical Association, which has more than 60 member associations. It was founded in 1947.
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placebo effect
- In placebo effect
The World Medical Association’s (WMA’s) Declaration of Helsinki, which provides a set of ethical guidelines for medical experimentation on humans, traditionally prohibited the use of placebos in trials when effective therapies or interventions already existed. In 2001, however, the WMA revised its guidelines to allow placebo-controlled…
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