TAG ARCHIVES FOR history

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May2019

Last month brought the 40th anniversary of the publishing of the Belmont Report, and along with that milestone came a reflection on how its values, conclusions, and imperatives have changed in the intervening years. A celebration of its durability has been accompanied by a necessary reckoning with the ways that a 40-year-old document may be ill-equipped to process the ethical issues brought about by technological, cultural, and political changes. Here, we’ve gathered a range of resources that look back on 40 years of the Belmont Report. Read more

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Aug2016

Among several seminal moments in the field of research ethics, Henry K. Beecher’s 1966 paper, “Ethics and Clinical Research” stands out for its breadth and scope. In what has come to be known in the field as Beecher’s Bombshell, the paper reported on 22 prominent studies that contained serious ethical issues; the impact of the “bombshell” has been felt throughout the field ever since. Read more