Editing Declaration of Geneva (section)

===Changes from original===
The original oath read "My colleagues will be my brothers," later changed to "sisters and brothers." Until 1994 it also read "I will maintain the utmost respect for human life, from the time of its conception (...)".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Merino, Aruanno, Gelpi, Rancich|title="The prohibition of euthanasia" and medical oaths of Hippocratic Stemma |date=2017|url=https://scielo.conicyt.cl/pdf/abioeth/v23n1/1726-569X-abioeth-23-01-00171.pdf|journal=Acta Bioethica|volume=23|pages=171-178 (176)|doi=10.4067/S1726-569X2017000100171 }}</ref> Age, disability, gender, and sexual orientation have been added as factors that must not interfere with a doctor's duty to a patient; some rephrasing of existing elements has occurred. Secrets are to remain confidential "even after the patient has died." The violation of "human rights and civil liberties" replaces the violation of "the laws of humanity" as a forbidden use of medical knowledge. "The health" in general of a patient is now the doctor's first consideration compared to the "health and life" as stated in the original declaration. This was apparently changed to free the medical profession from extending life at all costs.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
The 68th WMA General Assembly in October 2017 approved revisions including: respecting the autonomy of the patient; mutual respect for teachers, colleagues and students  physicians to share medical knowledge for the benefit of their patients and the advancement of healthcare; a requirement for physicians to attend to their own health as well as their patients.<ref>{{cite web |author=World Medical Association |title=MODERN PHYSICIANS' PLEDGE APPROVED BY WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION |url=https://www.wma.net/news-post/modern-physicians-pledge-approved-by-world-medical-association/ |publisher=WMA |access-date= 14 October 2017}}</ref> Furthermore, the revised text is meant to be used by all active physicians ("as member of the medical profession") while before the text was used by beginners only ("At the time of being admitted as a member of the medical profession").