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Dr. Henry K. Beecher's
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What His Article Created:
HENRY K. BEECHER
- Federal Rules dealing with experiments on humans were made to be more strict in the U.S.
- Patients giving full consent after they are fully aware of the what is going to go on during the experiment
Another Example:
Born: February 4, 1904
Peck, Kansas
Died: July 25, 1976 (aged 72)
Boston, Massachusetts
Injecting mentally challenged children with hepatitis to determine when it establishes an infection. This trial wasn't even used to benefit these patients but it was mostly a convenience.
Education
- Master's in physical chemistry
- Ph.D. in chemistry
- Graduated Harvard Medical School
- Wrote articles for Journal of Applied Physiology
- Trained for two years under the Harvard Professor of Surgery
Cases
In the article "Ethics and Clinical Research" he focused on cases that harmed the people in the trials.
For example:
- Cirrhotic patients were given lots of nitrogen to induce hepatic encephalopathy. Results of this experiment: high amounts of nitrogen can be hazardous to patients with this condition
Dr. Henry K. Beecher
"Ethics and Clinical Trials"
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