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The Nuremberg Code is a set of ten principles created by a U.S. military tribunal after World War II to regulate medical research on humans. It was based on the Hippocratic Oath and the Nazi war crimes trials, and it emphasized voluntary consent, scientific validity, and beneficence.
The Nuremberg Code is a 10-point statement designed to define the limits of permissible medical experimentation on human beings. It was developed in August 1947 in Nürnberg (Nuremberg), Germany, by a panel of American judges during hearings involving 23 Nazi doctors accused of conducting experiments on humans in concentration camps during ...
- The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential. This means that the person involved should have legal capacity to give consent; should be situated as to be able to exercise free power of choice, without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, over-reaching, or other ulterior form of constraint or coercion, and should have sufficient knowledge and comprehension of the elements of the subject matter involved as to enable him to make an understanding and enlightened decision.
- The experiment should be such as to yield fruitful results for the good of society, unprocurable by other methods or means of study, and not random and unnecessary in nature.
- The experiment should be so designed and based on the results of animal experimentation and a knowledge of the natural history of the disease or other problem under study that the anticipated results will justify the performance of the experiment.
- The experiment should be so conducted as to avoid all unnecessary physical and mental suffering and injury.
Nov 13, 1997 · The Nuremberg Code is the most important document in the history of the ethics of medical research. 1–6 The Code was formulated 50 years ago, in August 1947, in Nuremberg, Germany, by...
- Evelyne Shuster
- 1997
THE NUREMBERG CODE 1. The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential. This means that the person involved should have legal capacity to give consent; should be so situated as to be able to exercise free power of choice, without the intervention of any element
- Joel
- 2/2/2002 2:02:33 PM
Leading German physicians and administrators were put on trial for their role during the Holocaust. The resulting Nuremberg Code was a landmark document on medical ethics. Learn more
The Nuremberg Code is a set of 10 ethical principles for medical experiments on human subjects, established by a war crimes tribunal after World War II. It requires voluntary consent, risk-benefit assessment, and protection of human rights and dignity.
