{"id":13343,"date":"1996-12-07T16:09:00","date_gmt":"1996-12-08T00:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13343"},"modified":"2023-01-27T17:21:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T01:21:27","slug":"human-guinea-pigs-and-the-ethics-of-experimentation-the-bmjs-correspondent-at-the-nuremberg-medical-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13343","title":{"rendered":"Human guinea pigs and the ethics of experimentation: the BMJ&#8217;s correspondent at the Nuremberg medical trial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paul Weindling<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"172\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bmj.jpg\" alt=\"British Medical Journal, BMJ\" class=\"wp-image-11229\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">British Medical Journal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>Though the Nuremberg medical trial was a United States military tribunal, British forensic pathologists supplied extensive evidence for the trial. The BMJ had a correspondent at the trial, and he endorsed a utilitarian legitimation of clinical experiments, justifying the medical research carried out under Nazism as of long term scientific benefit despite the human costs. The British supported an international medical commission to evaluate the ethics and scientific quality of German research. Medical opinions differed over whether German medical atrocities should be given publicity or treated in confidence. The BMJ&#8217;s correspondent warned against medical researchers being taken over by a totalitarian state, and these arguments were used to oppose the NHS and any state control over medical research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Weindling P. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2352949\/pdf\/bmj00571-0057.pdf\">Human guinea pigs and the ethics of experimentation: the BMJ&#8217;s correspondent at the Nuremberg medical trial<\/a>. Br Med J. 1996 Dec 07;313(7070):1467-1470. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Weindling AbstractThough the Nuremberg medical trial was a United States military tribunal, British forensic pathologists supplied extensive evidence for the trial. 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