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Three landmarks, three different failures answered A three-node timeline: Nuremberg Code 1947 answers coerced experimentation with voluntary consent; Declaration of Helsinki 1964 governs ongoing medical research; Belmont Report frames respect, beneficence and justice. Three landmarks, three different failures answered 1947 1964+ ongoing Nuremberg Code After the Nazi doctors' trials — answers coerced, uninformed experimentation. Voluntary consent made central. Declaration of Helsinki WMA's living standard for ongoing medical research — answers modern governance. Independent review, risk-benefit, protections. Belmont Report US framework — answers which principle a specific ethical failure violates. Respect, beneficence, justice. Exam move: ask what could have protected the participant, then match it to the landmark.
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