Research on humans: what have we learned?
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There is intense public debate about science and ethics, particularly following the revelations about Cold War radiation experiments on human subjects. The current Federal Common Rule governs research on humans, with regulations based on the Belmont Report. As a result of increased attention to ethical issues, the protection of subjects' rights has improved since the Cold War. However there are still ethical problems, mainly the distinction between harms and wrongs.
Publication Name: Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0887-8218
Year: 1997
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An ethicist's perspective on human radiation tests
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The federal government's Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments was charged with exploring ethical and scientific standards for evaluating human radiation experiments. This involved considering the historical relatively of ethical standards. Some basic ethical principles were felt to transcend vicissitudes of time, place or culture, but that the interpretation of such principles would evolve over time.
Publication Name: Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0887-8218
Year: 1997
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Radiation report in retrospect
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The Presidential Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments was established in 1994, amidst charges that the experiments had been undertaken in secret. The committee aimed to open the reports to the public, and it was found that few of the studies had been conducted secretly. Experiments reviewed in the report included plutonium injections and total body irradiation.
Publication Name: Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0887-8218
Year: 1997
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