Key Events in Ethical Research

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History of Research Ethics

An understanding of the history of research ethics including past research abuses of human participants is essential for the responsible conduct of research. This interactive provides insight into key dilemmas in ethical research that shaped policies regarding research involving human subjects such as the Belmont Report and the Declaration of Helsinki. You will learn about the concentration camp experiments that were conducted in World War II and the Tuskegee Syphilis Study (1932).