PH 005 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: World Medical Association, National Research Act, Belmont Report

• School: UC Merced
• Department: Public Health
• Course: PH 005
• Professor: Professor Gonzalez

Document Summary

Ethical & human rights concerns in global health (2) Issued at closing of nuremberg trial by 3 presiding u. s. judges. 1st document to specify ethical principles that should guide physicians engaged in human subject research. States, voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential . Emphasizes that human subjects only involved in research if necessary for important social good, & requires limits on & safeguards against risk to participants. Was later foundation for later research ethics guideline & national regulations. 1964 world medical association (wma) developed set of ethical principles to guide physicians conducting biomedical research w/human subjects. Principles supposed to apply the same to non physicians. Revised in 1975, 1983, 1989, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2013. (july 12, 1974) u. s. national commission for protection of human subjects of. Biomedical & behavioral research created via u. s. national research act. Purpose was to identify ethical principles for conduct of biomedical & behavioral research w/human subjects.