World Medical Association 
Declaration of Geneva

At the time of being admitted as a member of the medical profession :
I solemnly pledge to consecrate my life to the service of humanity;
I will give to my teachers the respect and gratitude that is their due;
I will practise my profession with conscience and dignity;
The health of my patient will be my first consideration;
I will respect the secrets that are confided in me, even after the patient has died;
I will maintain by all the means in my power, the honour and the noble traditions of the medical profession;
My colleagues will be my sisters and brothers;
I will not permit considerations of age, disease or disability, creed, ethnic origin, gender, nationality, political affiliation, race, sexual orientation, social standing or any other factor to intervene between my duty and my patient;
I will maintain the utmost respect for human life;
I will not use my medical knowledge to violate human rights and civil liberties, even under threat;
I make these promises solemnly, freely and upon my honour.
 
World Medical Association 1948, 1968, 1983, 1994, 2005, 2006
World Medical Association Declaration of Geneva http://www.wma.net/en
Retrieved 4.8.2014

Piet Hein for 40th
​anniversary of the WHO

"Health is not bought with a chemists’ pills
Nor saved by the surgeons  knife’
Health is not only the absence of ills
But the fight for the fullness of life."

Inspiring Quotes


”A complete state of physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”

WHO. Preamble to the Constitution of the World Health Organization as adopted by the International Health Conference, New York, 19-22 June 1946, and entered into force on 7 April 1948.

“A dynamic state of well-being characterized by a physical and mental potential, which satisfies the demands of life commensurate with age, culture, and personal responsibility”

Bircher J. Towards a dynamic definition of health and disease. Med. Health Care Philos 2005.

”Health does not just mean the physical well-being of the individual but refers to the social, emotional, spiritual and cultural well-being of the whole community. This is a whole of life view and includes the cyclical concept of life-death-life .”

Autralian Aboriginal peoples - health definition.