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    • Nuremberg Code
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      • Belmont Archive
        • Celebration of 25th Anniversary of the Belmont Report (waiting for new archive link)
        • Belmont Oral History Archive of interviews with National Commission members and staff (waiting for new archive link)
    • Henry Beecher 1966 NEJM Article "Ethics and Clinical Research"
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    • Prisoner Research Certification (2020)
    • Guidance on Approving Research Involving Prisoners (2000)
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Content last reviewed December 17, 2024
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