Fifty Years Later: The Significance of the Nuremberg Code
1997; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 337; Issue: 20 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1056/nejm199711133372006
ISSN1533-4406
Autores Tópico(s)Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics
ResumoThe Nuremberg Code 1. 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. This latter element requires that before the acceptance of an affirmative decision by . . .
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