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> I guess medical ethical reviews were invented sometime in the late 50’s then. In the late 1970s, actually, and yet they weren’t put into standard practice ac
by sammalloy 3y ago
> I guess medical ethical reviews were invented sometime in the late 50’s then.
In the late 1970s, actually, and yet they weren’t put into standard practice across the board in every medical field until the 1990s in the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_subject_research_legislation_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_subject_research_legisla...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmont_Report https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmont_Report
- mandmandam 3y agoAs TFA states, this was all explicitly against the Nuremburg code signed in 1947. > The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential. This means that the person involved should have legal capacity to give consent; should be so situated as to be able to exercise free power of choice, without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, overreaching, or other ulterior form of constraint or coercion; and should have sufficient knowledge and comprehension of the elements of the subject matter involved as to enable him to make an understanding and enlightened decision. > It should be made known to him the nature, duration, and purpose of the experiment; the method and means by which it is to be conducted; all inconveniences and hazards reasonably to be expected; and the effects upon his health or person which may possibly come from his participation.
- Dah00n 3y agoBut we know that it was a rule only made for the losers. The US didn't uphold itself to those rules. It still doesn't today.
- tohnjitor 3y agoSome of the losers were whisked away to American military bases, and subsequently smuggled back into Germany to stand trial. See Operation Paperclip by Annie Jacobsen.