From Medical Ethics to Bioethics-Focusing on Medically Assisted Reproduction-

The medical profession is bound by rules of Medical Ethics． These can be traced back to the Hippocratic Oath． The World Medical Association， at its third general meeting of 1949，adopted the Code of Medical Ethics：The World Medical Association， at the 18th Annual General Meeting in 1964， adopted the Declaration of Helsinki， Ethical Principles fbr Research Involving Human Subjects as the ethical principles of medical research fbr human beings， which in response to doctors’roles in aiding and abetting Nazi atrocities during World War II