Talk:Nuremberg Code
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An update is mandatory since the code has been revised several times..and, IMHO, is loosing ground (regarding mentally disabled e.g.)
- The Nuremberg code is not the only set of guidelines for human treatment. There are a host of other such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, various Geneva conventions, local and national laws, Hippocratic Oath (or modern equivalents), etc. etc. etc. -- FirstPrinciples 21:19, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Pediatric experimentation?
"The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential. This means that the person involved should have legal capacity to give consent"
So in the case of experimentation upon children, such as in pediatric clinical trials of a new drug, does a typical protocol designate the parent or guardian as "the person involved"? --Damian Yerrick (☎) 23:04, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
In answer to the above - The Nuremburg Code was not an acceptable framework for the inclusion of children in medical research - see Ramsey vs McCormack throughout the seventies - the inclusion of children in research under very strict regulation was established when the code was incorporated into the Helsinki declaration of 1964. In that year the MRC also published its guidelines relating to paediatric experimentation and noted that they should be subject to no greater than the minimum potential harm, though this has later been extended by both the RCPCH in the UK and National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research in the US, to include research that involve more minimum risk under very specific provisions.
Add to this the fact that children between the ages of 16 and 18 and those deemed Gillick competent in the UK can probably consent to research without the need for proxy parental or guardian consent, just as is possible for consenting to medical treatment.
What I would like is a reference to the text supplied quoting the Code?
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.240.229.68 (talk) 19:51, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Worldview tag
What is it about this that is not representative of a worldwide view. Keep in mind this page is just about the code, not about what alternatives exist. The page can be quite reputable without noting every alternative that exists, however, if you can think of other put them in See also section. I am removing the tag because it was not discussed. Ansell Review my progress! 00:08, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
the citation needed is probably the following book available german language Mitscherlich, A. und Mielke, F. (Hrsg.): Medizin ohne Menschlichkeit. Dokumente des Nürnberger Ärzteprozesses. Frankfurt a.M. 1960, S. 272f. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.33.233.254 (talk) 20:07, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
