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Nuremberg Code: Ethics in Medical Experiments

The document discusses war crimes trials related to inhumane medical experiments conducted by Nazi doctors on non-German citizens and prisoners. It emphasizes the importance of ethical standards in human experimentation, particularly the necessity of voluntary consent and the protection of subjects from harm. The Nuremberg Code, established post-World War II, serves as a foundational document for ethical practices in medical research.

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Nuremberg Code: Ethics in Medical Experiments

The document discusses war crimes trials related to inhumane medical experiments conducted by Nazi doctors on non-German citizens and prisoners. It emphasizes the importance of ethical standards in human experimentation, particularly the necessity of voluntary consent and the protection of subjects from harm. The Nuremberg Code, established post-World War II, serves as a foundational document for ethical practices in medical research.

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SALMORAN SANTOS FANNY ALICIA

WAR CRIMES TRIALS AND


AGAINST HUMANITY
Experiments were conducted.
criminal doctors about
non-German citizens as well
civilians as prisoners.
These experiments do not
they were casual actions of
doctors or scientists but
it was the result of a
regulations and planning
coordinated at the highest level
level of government and of
Nazi Party.
PERMISSIBLE MEDICAL EXPERIMENTS

Those who practice the


human experimentation
they justify their attitude when the
experiments benefit the Ethics must be taken into account.
general of the medical profession.
humanity and when not
In order to meet the requirements
they can be obtained by others
de moral, ética y derecho,
means or methods of study.
Nuremberg Code (1946)

The scientist
responsible
it has to be
ready for
finish in
any phase
the experiment.
THE VOLUNTARY CONSENT OF THE SUBJECT
HUMAN IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.

The affected person must


to have legal capacity to
to consent; it must be in
situation such that I can exercise
full freedom of choice without
any hindrance.

It must have information


precise and total knowledge
of the corresponding
experiment
Experiment designed on
the data of the
animal experimentation
previous and knowledge of the
history of the disease

In the experimentation
it should be avoided
suffering or harm
physical and/or mental
unnecessary

The subject will be free


to make end the
experiment if
consider it impossible
continue.
They will not be carried out

experiments that can


cause death or harm
serious incapacitating

Measures must be taken


appropriate as well as
devices which
protect the subject from
injury or death.

They must be done only by


qualified individuals
scientifically,
the highest degree must be demanded
high competition
CONCLUSION

The Code is the result of the trial they were subjected to.
After the Second World War, certain doctors accused
to conduct atrocious experiments on human beings

The Nuremberg Code is the most important document


of the history of ethics in medical research.

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