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Title:
DRAFT STATEMENT: ETHICAL PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVING HUMAN BEINGS
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
ETHICS POLICY
Addressee:
DANA W
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
CORRESPONDENCE, LETTERS, MEMOS
Publication Date:
1952 Apr 30
Declassification Status:
Unknown
Document Pages:
0004
Accession Number:
NV0756975
Originating Research Org.:
RADIATION EXPERIMENTS COMMAND CENTER
OpenNet Entry Date:
1999 Jul 13
OpenNet Modified Date:
2010 Oct 13
Description/Abstract:
INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVING HUMAN BEINGS OFTEN ENTAILING MEDICAL PROCEDURES OR THERAPY THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT FROM ACCEPTED GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTICES ARE AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH. THIS OFFERS THE ONLY MEANS OF ACQUIRING THE NEW INFORMATION NECESSARY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF THE DISEASES AND DISORDERS THAT AFFLICT MAN. ETHICAL AND SCIENTIFIC CONSIDERATIONS DICTATE, HOWEVER, THAT THESE INVESTIGATIONS MUST BE UNDERTAKEN ONLY AFTER MATURE THOUGHT, UNDER RIGOROUSLY DEFINED AND CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; AND UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH WILL MINIMIZE THE DANGERS OF PREDICTABLE OR UNPREDICTABLE HAZARDS. THE BASIC PRINCIPLE UPON WHICH ALL SUCH INVESTIGATIONS MUST REST IS THAT HUMAN BEINGS HAVE INALIENABLE RIGHTS THAT SUPERSEDE ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT MAY BE RAISED IN THE NAME EITHER OF SCIENCE OR OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WELFARE. THEREFORE, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PHYSICIAN FOR THE PHYSICAL AND NENTAL WELL BEING OF PERSONS IN HIS CARE AND FOR OBSERVANCE OF THE ETHICS OF HIS PROFESSION CANOT BE OVERRIDDEN BY ANY ELEMENT OF STUDY OR RESEARCH WHICH IS INTERJECTED INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PHYSIXIAN AND PERSONS IN HIS CARE.


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