The Nuremberg Code isn't just for prosecuting Nazis its principles have shaped medical ethics to this day
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The Nuremberg trials fundamentally reshaped international law, establishing crucial guidelines for ethical treatment in medical research, underscored by The Nuremberg Code's emphasis on informed consent.
The American judges at the Nuremberg trials emphasized that the heinous experiments conducted by Nazi physicians were acts of murder and torture rather than medicine.
The Nuremberg Code emerged from the trials, encapsulating 10 principles integral to medical ethics, notably prioritizing the necessity of voluntary and informed consent from human subjects.
Despite the advances brought by The Nuremberg Code, contemporary ethical challenges remain, raising concerns that current guidelines might not fully safeguard against new species-endangering research.
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