Social and pscyhological experiments on human beings: an ethical dilemma

Vol. 25 Iss. 1 pp. 148–158 | St. Petersburg State Institute of Psychology and Social Work | ISSN: 1993-8101
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Abstract

This article discusses the ethical issues of experiments that involve human subjects. The author be-lieves that the development of science without experiments is impossible. Today the ever-increasing growth in the number of biomedical research on people around the world is obvious. In this situation a need of ethical review and ethical evaluation of experiments arises.

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experiment and research in science, biomedical studies, regulatory phases of experimentation on hu-man beings, the basic ethical values in experimenting on humans

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