CCRP Exam - Nuremberg Code, Belmont
Report, & Declaration of Helsinki with
complete updated questions & answers
The Nuremberg Code - answer A ten point statement delimiting
permissible medical experimentation on human subjects. According to
this statement, humane experimentation is justified only if its results
benefit society and it is carried out in accord with basic principles that
"satisfy moral, ethical, and legal concepts."
10 points of the Nuremberg Code - answer 1. Participation of the
subjects must be totally voluntary, and the subjects should have the
capacity to give consent to participate. Further, the subjects should be
fully informed of the purposes, nature, and duration of the experiment.
2. The research should yield results that are useful to society and that
cannot be obtained in any other way.
3. The research should have a sound footing in animal research and be
based on the natural history of the problem under study.
4. Steps should be taken in the research to avoid unnecessary physical
or psychological harm to subjects.
6. Research should not be conducted if there is reason to believe that
death or disability will occur to the subjects.
7. Proper plans should be made and facilities provided to protect the
subject against harm.
8. Research should be conducted by highly qualified scientists only.
, 9. The subject should have the freedom to withdraw from the
experiment at any time if he/she has reached the conclusion that
continuing in the experiment is not possible.
10. The researcher must be prepared to discontinue the experiment if it
becomes evident to the researcher that continuing the research will be
harmful to the subjects.
The Belmont Report - answer Released in 1979 by the National
Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects in Biomedical and
Behavioral Research, provides the ethical framework for the Federal
Regulations designed to protect human research subjects
Three basic ethical principles of the Belmont Report - answer 1. Respect
for Persons
2. Beneficence
3. Justice
What is the application of the basic ethical principle of respect for
persons in the Belmont Report? - answer Individuals should be treated
as autonomous agents; demands that subjects enter into research
voluntarily and with adequate information; persons with diminished
autonomy are entitled to protection (informed consent)
Report, & Declaration of Helsinki with
complete updated questions & answers
The Nuremberg Code - answer A ten point statement delimiting
permissible medical experimentation on human subjects. According to
this statement, humane experimentation is justified only if its results
benefit society and it is carried out in accord with basic principles that
"satisfy moral, ethical, and legal concepts."
10 points of the Nuremberg Code - answer 1. Participation of the
subjects must be totally voluntary, and the subjects should have the
capacity to give consent to participate. Further, the subjects should be
fully informed of the purposes, nature, and duration of the experiment.
2. The research should yield results that are useful to society and that
cannot be obtained in any other way.
3. The research should have a sound footing in animal research and be
based on the natural history of the problem under study.
4. Steps should be taken in the research to avoid unnecessary physical
or psychological harm to subjects.
6. Research should not be conducted if there is reason to believe that
death or disability will occur to the subjects.
7. Proper plans should be made and facilities provided to protect the
subject against harm.
8. Research should be conducted by highly qualified scientists only.
, 9. The subject should have the freedom to withdraw from the
experiment at any time if he/she has reached the conclusion that
continuing in the experiment is not possible.
10. The researcher must be prepared to discontinue the experiment if it
becomes evident to the researcher that continuing the research will be
harmful to the subjects.
The Belmont Report - answer Released in 1979 by the National
Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects in Biomedical and
Behavioral Research, provides the ethical framework for the Federal
Regulations designed to protect human research subjects
Three basic ethical principles of the Belmont Report - answer 1. Respect
for Persons
2. Beneficence
3. Justice
What is the application of the basic ethical principle of respect for
persons in the Belmont Report? - answer Individuals should be treated
as autonomous agents; demands that subjects enter into research
voluntarily and with adequate information; persons with diminished
autonomy are entitled to protection (informed consent)
