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World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki: Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects

Rebecca J. Cook, Bernard M. Dickens, Mahmoud F. Fathalla

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This chapter outlines the provisions of the World Medical Association's Declaration of Helsinki, which was developed as a statement of ethical principles to provide guidance to physicians and other participants in medical research involving human subjects. Medical research involving human subjects includes research on identifiable human material or identifiable data.

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Key concepts: Declaration of Helsinki, Declaration, Medical research, Helsinki declaration, Statement (logic), Association (psychology), Human research, Medical ethics