A report created by the former United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (which was renamed to Health and Human Services) entitled "Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research," authored by Dan Harms, and is an important historical document in the field of medical ethics. The report [..]

In 1979 the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research issued the Belmont Report, which speaks to several ethical principles and guidelines covering three major areas: (a) the boundaries between practice and research; (b) basic ethical principles pertaining to respect for persons, beneficence, and [..]