☉希波克拉底氏誓言 (THE OATH, Hippocrates; BC 400):

☉紐倫堡條文(Nuremberg code; 1947)

☉日內瓦宣言(Declaration of Geneva; 1948)

☉赫爾辛基宣言(Declaration of Helsinki; 1964)

☉雪梨宣言(World Medical Association Declaration on Death; 1968)

☉里斯本宣言（Declaration of Lisbon on the Rights of the Patient; 1981）

☉馬德里宣言(World Psychiatric Association, Code for Psychiatrists; 1996)

☉病人自我決定權法案(The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA))