TY - JOUR
T1 - US Medical researchers, the nuremberg doctors trial, and the nuremberg code
T2 - A review of findings of the advisory committee on human radiation experiments
AU - Faden, Ruth R.
AU - Lederer, Susan E.
AU - Moreno, Jonathan D.
PY - 1996/11/27
Y1 - 1996/11/27
N2 - The Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments (ACHRE), established to review allegations of abuses of human subjects in federally sponsored radiation research, was charged with identifying appropriate standards to evaluate the ethics of cold war radiation experiments. One central question for ACHRE was to determine what role, if any, the Nuremberg Code played in the norms and practices of US medical researchers. Based on the evidence from ACHRE's Ethics Oral History Project and extensive archival research, we conclude that the Code, at the time it was promulgated, had little effect on mainstream medical researchers engaged in human subjects research. Although some clinical investigators raised questions about the conduct of research involving human beings, the medical profession did not pursue this issue until the 1960s.
AB - The Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments (ACHRE), established to review allegations of abuses of human subjects in federally sponsored radiation research, was charged with identifying appropriate standards to evaluate the ethics of cold war radiation experiments. One central question for ACHRE was to determine what role, if any, the Nuremberg Code played in the norms and practices of US medical researchers. Based on the evidence from ACHRE's Ethics Oral History Project and extensive archival research, we conclude that the Code, at the time it was promulgated, had little effect on mainstream medical researchers engaged in human subjects research. Although some clinical investigators raised questions about the conduct of research involving human beings, the medical profession did not pursue this issue until the 1960s.
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U2 - 10.1001/jama.276.20.1667
DO - 10.1001/jama.276.20.1667
M3 - Review article
C2 - 8922454
AN - SCOPUS:0029811302
SN - 0098-7484
VL - 276
SP - 1667
EP - 1671
JO - JAMA
JF - JAMA
IS - 20
ER -