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Ethics for Radiation Medicine Professionals
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The Nuremberg code became the prototype of many later
codes intended to assure that research involving human
subjects would be carried out in an ethical manner.
1. Established necessity of
informed consent
2. Introduced concept of
beneficence
3. Introduced the notion of
proportionality between risk
and benefit
Beneficence – the quality or state of being beneficent
Beneficent – doing or producing good; performing acts of kindness or charity
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The Nuremburg Code