Ethical Issues in Global Health Research

Questions

  1. How do we define ethics and morals in medicine? 
  2. Do doctors and other medical professionals have a greater responsibility for "ethical" behavior? 
  3. Consider the notions of free will and agency: how does context affect the application and utility of the legal code derived from the Nuremberg trials? 
  4. What critiques can you offer of the capacity of the Nuremberg Code and Helsinki Accord to define "ethical" research and behavior?  What are some of the principles on which these accords are based?

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