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Fifty Years Later: The Significance of the Nuremberg Code

1997; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 337; Issue: 20 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejm199711133372006

ISSN

1533-4406

Autores

Evelyne Shuster,

Tópico(s)

Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics

Resumo

The 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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