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NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS OF BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH - 16TH MEETING TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS

NCJ Number
39029
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
1976
Length
389 pages
Annotation
TRANSCRIPT OF A MEETING OF EMINENT PHYSICIANS, PROFESSORS OF LAW, AND OTHERS INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE, WHO DELIBERATED THE ETHICS OF PRISON RESEARCH INVOLVING BEHAVIORAL AND BIOLOGICAL STUDIES PERFORMED WITH INMATES.
Abstract
ISSUES OF PARTICULAR CONCERN THAT WERE DISCUSSED WERE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GUIDELINES FOR THE PROTECTION OF PRISONERS IN EXPERIMENTATION, MORAL CONSIDERATIONS OF HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION, AND THE LEGAL QUESTION OF INFORMED CONSENT....KAP