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Ethics in Clinical Trials

The document discusses the key codes of ethics that guide clinical trials involving human subjects, including the Hippocratic Oath, the Nuremberg Code, the Declaration of Helsinki, and the Belmont Report. It also mentions the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and notes the Belmont Report established the principles of respect, beneficence, and justice in human research.

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Ethics in Clinical Trials

The document discusses the key codes of ethics that guide clinical trials involving human subjects, including the Hippocratic Oath, the Nuremberg Code, the Declaration of Helsinki, and the Belmont Report. It also mentions the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and notes the Belmont Report established the principles of respect, beneficence, and justice in human research.

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Ethics In Clinical Trials

By Louise Murchison

The Hippocratic Oath: The earliest known code of medical ethics (5th century BC)
which is attributed to Hippocrates, the father of medicine. The oath is summarized by the principle do no harm.

The Nuremberg Code: Published in 1949, part of the official US report on the trials
of Nazi Doctors (Doctors trial) following the human experimentation during World War II. This became the first international code of ethics in clinical trials involving patients.

The Declaration of Helsinki: The globally recognized document that describes the
standards for research involving humans. It was established in 1964, and has been revised five times since the year 2000. It provides a comprehensive international statement on ethics.

The Belmont Report: In 1932, the US Public Health Service carried out an
experiment to study the natural progression of untreated late-stage syphilis in poor, African-American men in the town of Tuskegee, Alabama. Participants were misinformed regarding the reasons for conducting the study and appropriate medical care was withheld with the sole interest of understanding natural disease progression. The Belmont Report, drawn up in 1979, defines three important ethical human rights; respect, beneficence and justice.

Remember the Five Principles of Ethical Research?


Respect Beneficence Justice Consent Compassion

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