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                                          BELMONT REPORT
                                    THE




                                     Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research



     The Belmont Report was written by the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research. The
     Commission, created as a result of the National Research Act of 1974, was charged with identifying the basic ethical principles that should underlie
     the conduct of biomedical and behavioral research involving human subjects and developing guidelines to assure that such research is conducted
     in accordance with those principles. Informed by monthly discussions that spanned nearly four years and an intensive four days of deliberation in
     1976, the Commission published the Belmont Report, which identifies basic ethical principles and guidelines that address ethical issues arising
     from the conduct of research with human subjects.


                                           READ THE BELMONT REPORT
                                           Read the full text of the Belmont Report




                                           WATCH A VIDEO ABOUT THE BELMONT REPORT
                                           This video describes the basic ethical principles that underlie research involving human subjects and
                                           demonstrates how they can help resolve ethical conflicts in research




                                           VIEW 25th ANNIVERSARY INTERVIEWS
                                           This collection of videos includes interviews with members and staff of the National Commission for the
                                           Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research from the 25th anniversary of publication
                                           in 2004




                                           READ OTHER REPORTS BY THE NATIONAL COMMISSION
                                           Explore a compilation of related reports published by the National Commission for the Protection of Human
                                           Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research between 1974 and 1978




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