The provision that research be differentiated to potential subjects as therapeutic or nontherapeutic is a part of the:
a. Declaration of Helsinki.
b. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare regulations.
c. National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects ordinance.
d. Nuremberg Code.
ANS: A
A major focus of the Declaration of Helsinki was the differentiation of therapeutic research from nontherapeutic research.
The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare regulations were published in 1973, providing for the protection of human research subjects.
The development of the Nuremberg Code in 1949 addressed the mistreatment of human subjects.
The National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research was formed in 1978. It was established by the National Research Act, which passed in 1974.
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