Word: consent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Last month, the nation was shocked to learnthat in the years after World War II, the federalgovernment sponsored radiation experiments onhuman subjects without their consent," Kennedysaid in his opening remarks...
...intend to get answers," Kennedy said. "Wewant to know what was done in Massachusetts and inevery other state where these experiments wereconducted. We want to know what records exist, howgreat the dangers were, how much consent, if any,was obtained from the research, and how much harmwas done...
...study were proposed today I have nodoubt that it would be approved," Masse said. "Theradiation was well within today's standards. Theinformed consent process would be the only thingdifferent. It wasn't in place then...
Masse maintained the lack of the subjects'consent would have had no effect on participationin the study...
...Nuremberg code, signed at the end of WorldWar II, stresses that the "voluntary consent ofthe human subject is absolutely essential...