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Only Nazis Need Regulation? The U.S. Medical Profession Responds to the Doctors' Trial

By: Feature Writer Jeffrey Willett

The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis: How the U.S. Public Health Service Experimented on African Americans

By: Feature Writer Jeffrey Willett

Ethical Codes After Nuremberg: The World Medical Association Struggles Toward a New Code of Ethics

By: Feature Writer Jeffrey Willett

Cancer in a Handbag: The Strange Case of Dr. Chester Southam

By: Feature Writer Jeffrey Willett

Nazi Detention Camps: An Overview of Nazi Medical Experimentation

By: Feature Writer Jeffrey Willett

The Milgram Experiment: When Does Obeying Authority Become Unethical?

By: Feature Writer Jeffrey Willett

Medical Ethics in Nazi Germany: German Physicians Embrace National Socialism

By: Feature Writer Jeffrey Willett

Medical Ethics in Germany Before 1933: Stricter Guidelines and More Protections Than the Nuremberg Code

By: Feature Writer Jeffrey Willett

Experimentation on Vulnerable Populations: Using the Mentally Ill, Orphans, and Prisoners as Research Subjects

By: Feature Writer Jeffrey Willett

Medicine in the Age of Enlightenment: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Smallpox

By: Feature Writer Jeffrey Willett

The Evolution of Medicine in Europe: From the Middle Ages to the Age of Reason

By: Feature Writer Jeffrey Willett

Medicine in Ancient Islam: Avicenna's Influence on Pharmacopoeia and Clinical Medicine

By: Feature Writer Jeffrey Willett

The Origins of Human Experimentation: From the Book of Daniel to Ancient Rome

By: Feature Writer Jeffrey Willett

Thomas Percival's Code of Medical Ethics: The First Attempt to Regulate the Medical Profession

By: Feature Writer Jeffrey Willett

Anatomy, Ethics, and the Pernkopf Atlas: Should Unethical Research Be Used?

By: Feature Writer Jeffrey Willett

The Use of Animals for Research: An Unbiased Look at Animal Testing and the Ethics Involved

By: Feature Writer Roberta Goli

Ethics of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: Comparing IPS Cells and Embryonic Stem Cells Morally and Technically

By: Katherine Brind'Amour

Research Volunteers - Privacy Issues: Make Sure Research Studies Protect Privacy and Confidentiality

By: Tim Atkinson

Research Volunteers - What is an IRB? Understanding How a Study Gets Approved for the Public

By: Tim Atkinson

Research Volunteers - Know Your Rights: Ask Some Key Questions before Participating in Research.

By: Tim Atkinson

The Ethics of 21st Century Science: Future Breakthroughs and Their Ethical Consequences

By: Robert Harrand

Personal Genome Project: Is Sharing Genetic Profiles on the Internet Harmful or Beneficial?

By: Feature Writer Suzanne Pitner

The Large Hadron Collider: Its Theory and Controversy in Layman’s Terms

By: Abby Deliz

Ethics in Social Science Research: Scholars Must Follow a Code of Ethics to Maintain Integrity

By: Feature Writer Jamie McIntosh

Noah's Ark set out from Hadramout? More speculation reguarding the famous story by a Yemini journalist

By: Robert O'Connor

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