The research ethics evolution: From Nuremberg to Helsinki

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 178-180

  Dhai, Ames ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Declaration of Helsinki; Informed consent; Nuremberg code; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; COWPOX; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; SMALLPOX; YELLOW FEVER;

CHILD; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HELSINKI DECLARATION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS;

EID: 84894714087     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.7864     Document Type: Article

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