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Title
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The Belmont Report
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ABP identifier
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ABP-W-0007
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Date
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1979
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Type
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Report
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Description
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The National Commission’s report identifying respect for persons, beneficence, and justice as basic ethical principles for research involving human subjects.
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Intellectual stream
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Research ethics & consent
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Principles & methods
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Law & public policy
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Verification status
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Draft
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Evidence confidence
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High
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Historical significance
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A foundational statement of U.S. research ethics that connected general ethical principles with informed consent, risk-benefit assessment, and the selection of research subjects.
National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research