The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential, reads the Nuremberg Code of 1947, which was drafted in direct response to the sheer barbarity of Nazi-era medical experiments on Jews and other captive groups. [The] person involved should have legal capacity to give consent; should be so situated as to be able to exercise free power of choice,… return to article
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