Tuesday, January 24, 2012

The Nuremberg Code is routinely ignored

The Nuremberg Code, set up to protect the human subjects of research, is being routinely ignored. - Slate Magazine: Today, the Nuremberg Code is the most important influence on U.S. law governing human medical research. Even so, marginalized groups have frequently been coerced into studies that violate their right to consent. A recent review of the bioethics of human research in the U.S. offers little prospect for change.

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