Informed consent/External Links

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Nuremberg code

As a result of the Medical Case trial at the Nuremberg Military Tribunals, the preliminary Nuremberg code: http://www.ushmm.org/research/doctors/codeptx.htm was produced, as a basic set of criteria for unacceptable experimentation.

Declaration of Helsinki

Beyond the court-oriented Nuremberg Code, the World Medical Organization created the Declaration of Helsinki, http://www.wma.net/e/policy/b3.htm. This document continues to be updated, and is a basic background document for human-source research, such as the U.S. guidelines promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

U.S. FDA regulations

Code of Federal Regulations, part of 21CFR11 (Part 21, Code of Federal Regulations) http://www.fda.gov/oc/ohrt/irbs/drugsbiologics.html.