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The Prison As Laboratory

Experimental medical research on inmates is on the rise.

By Silja J.A. Talvi

“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, without… return to article

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    this is very informative one and i think i agree with the jeffery khan that 70-432 exam prison represents such a captive environment that researchers should use inmates for research only when the research 642-383 examcould benefit prisoners as individuals or as a group. He adds, “Research policy must balance preventing the exploitation of subjects against overprotecting groups [so] that they lose out on 350-018 exam the research benefits offered to others..

    Germany Posted by feka on Oct 14, 2009 at 6:55 AM
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