M2: The Belmont Report Flashcards
The Belmont Report ( year )
1979
Three (3) Comprehensive Core principles in the Belmont Report
- Respect for Persons
- Beneficence
- Justice
People should be treated as autonomous agents who can determine their goals and how to pursue them.
Respect for Persons
People with diminished autonomy who may not be able to make decisions on their own must be protected.
Respect for Persons
Researchers must safeguard each participant’s well-being.
Beneficence
The research should minimize risks and maximize benefits to individual research participants and to society.
Beneficence
Researchers must consider the impact of the research on all who could be affected.
Justice
Participants should be selected based on the scientific question, not merely for convenience.
Justice
The benefits to science should apply equally, not only to particular groups.
Justice
Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research.
The Belmont Report (1979)
In 1974, the National Research Act created a __________ for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research.
National Commission
The public’s outrage about the I _______ ______ Study forced the United States government to develop requirements for conducting ethical research.
Tuskegee Syphilis
in a 1979 document called
_________, named after the conference center where it was written.
The Belmont Report
Years later, the recommendations of The Belmont Report were incorporated into United States law in a code known as _________, which in turn became known as the __________.
45 CFR 46 ; Common Rule
What key principle in the Nuremberg Code calls for informed consent of participants?
a. Autonomy
b. Beneficence
c. Justice
d. Respect for Persons
d. Respect for Persons
