Reflections on unethical experiments and the beginnings of bioethics in the United States.
The author offers personal reflections on the development of research ethics in the United States, primarily during the 1960s. He explores the efforts of the pioneers in the field of human experimentation ethics to raise and discuss issues such as the value conflict between the acquisition of knowledge and respect for the autonomy of research subjects and the crucial importance of disclosure in the informed consent process.
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT.
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D001675:Bioethics / Q000266:history*; D030881:Disclosure; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006805:Human Experimentation; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D035842:Research Subjects; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D012945:Social Values; D014481:United States