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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2000 92(22):1801-1803; doi:10.1093/jnci/92.22.1801
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 92, No. 22, 1801-1803, November 15, 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press

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Declaration of Helsinki Revised

Tom Reynolds

After years of controversy over proposed changes, the World Medical Association last month adopted a revised version of the Declaration of Helsinki, a landmark international agreement on ethical principles guiding medical research.

First published in 1964, the statement was intended to repudiate the Nazi atrocities committed in the name of research during World War II and to codify ethical conduct for physicians who use their patients in research.

The latest round of changes, the fifth in the document’s history, was approved by the WMA general assembly at its October meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland. The revisions address issues raised by the rapid expansion of biomedical research in recent years, including its international scope—developments unforeseen by the declaration’s original framers. But perhaps the biggest news is what did not change.

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