Bioethics
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Human beings occupy a planet filled with complex challenges and difficult issues. Bioethics was developed to help people cope with advances in medicine and technology. more...
Guiding Principles for Clinical Investigation
As a physician, Henry K. Beecher understood all too well the problems associated with clinical research. In 1966, he published some guiding principles for researchers. more...
Ethical Principles Guiding Biomedical Research
The National Research Act (1974) set forth ethical principles for research on human subjects. Three additional initiatives followed to put those principles into practice. more...
Henry K. Beecher and Clinical Experimentation
Medical research and informed consent have been shrouded in four myths. According to a 1966 article by Henry K. Beecher, the reality was quite different. more...
Although formed as a non-profit organization in 1949, the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) has played an important role in bioethics. more...
Despite ethical questions raised by the Nuremberg Code and other guidelines, human experimentation abuses continued. In 1974, public policy focused on clinical research. more...
Informed consent was designed to protect humans from unauthorized experimentation. Over time, the principle was formalized into a process that met other requirements. more...
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Uni Blake
The questions of when life begins and when life ends have polarized opinions on abortion and end of life issues. Can the criteria used to define brain death serve both? more...
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Uni Blake
Somatic Nuclear Cell Transfer (SCNT) a process that scientists use to initiate cloning is being used to create stem cells. more...
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