Health Sciences 2610F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: American Medical Association, Nuremberg Code, Outline Of Health Sciences
14 Jul 2016
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Research involving humans is premised on a fundamental moral commitment to advancing human welfare, knowledge, and understanding, and to examining cultural dynamics (tri-council code p. i. 4) If you"re doing research that is deleterious to humanity, then you have to frame it as we can protect better against these harmful things by studying them. Correct past problems and abuses 2 major atrocities in the 20th century led to codification of research ethics: nazi science. German doctors were heavily involved in research on concentration camp inmates. Identical twins thought to have some other level of shared intuition because they are genetically identical. Wanted to see how long inmates could last in freezing water to see how long it takes them to die. Subjected people to oxygen deprivation to see the body"s limits. The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential (article 1) o. Tuskegee institute (alabama) tuskagee study (1932 1972)
