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The Ethical Obligations of Researchers in Protecting the Rights of Human Research Subjects
Author(s) -
Blackmer Jeff
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
world medical and health policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.326
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 1948-4682
DOI - 10.2202/1948-4682.1100
Subject(s) - declaration of helsinki , nuremberg trials , humanity , nazism , human rights , law , medical research , political science , research ethics , world war ii , helsinki declaration , declaration , human research , scientific misconduct , informed consent , war crime , engineering ethics , medicine , international law , alternative medicine , psychiatry , engineering , politics , pathology
Post World War II trials of Nazi crimes against humanity also exposed the horrific and deadly experiments conducted by the Nazi physicians on prisoners in the concentration camps. These trials resulted in the adoption of the “Nuremberg Code” for medical research, which was codified and adopted by the 18th World Medical Association (WMA) General Assembly, Helsinki, Finland, in June 1964. The “Declaration of Helsinki,” as it became known, and its amendments and clarifications represent a universal standard for the conduct of research and human subject care. Assurance of scientific integrity, appropriateness and utility of research, and protection of human subjects are at the core of ethical principles to be upheld regardless of the geographic location where research is conducted.