The burgeoning law of medical experimentation involving human subjects.

Nanotechnology and the ethical conduct of research involving human subjects.

Research ethics have developed in response to events which are today considered ‘unethical’ Human experimentation without consent 1947 Nuremberg Code as a response to Nazi Germany and Japanese research in Manchuria 1950s/60s United States Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital elderly were injected with live cancer cells to study natural history Willowbrook State School NY mentally handicapped childre...

HEW proposed policy on the protection of human subjects: experimentation and the institutionalized mentally disabled.

Subject comprehension, standards of information disclosure and potential liability in research.

Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland. H. K. Beecher, “Ethics and Clinical Research” (1966) 274 New Engl. J. Med. 1354. Ibid. at 1360. World Medical Association, Recommendations Guiding Medical Doctors in Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects (Declaration of Helsinki), 18 World Medical Assembly (1964), as amended. Subject Comprehension, Standards of Information Disclosure and Potential ...

Research ethics approval for human and animal experimentation: consequences of failing to obtain approval--including legal and professional liability.

56 ** Tracey Tremayne-Lloyd, LLB, BA, is a Health Law Lawyer (Partner) a ** Dr. Gary Srebrolow, LLB, DDS, BSc, is a Health Law Lawyer at Gard The authors wish to acknowledge the assistance of Angela Chu, Studen of Ontario (CCO), and criminal law to protect test subjects and ensure that animal and other human experiments are conducted in a safe and socially responsible manner. REBs have the powe...

Informed consent in experimentation involving mentally impaired persons: ethical issues.

The problem of experimentation involving subjects whose mental condition prevents them from understanding information and providing proper informed consent has been addressed in various codes, declarations, conventions, treaties and regulations adopted by national, international and supranational institutions and authorities. This article summarizes the basic ethical criteria these documents pr...