“Ethics and Clinical Research” in Biographical Perspective

Henry K. Beecher (1904-1976) played an important role in the development of bioethics. His 1966 article "Ethics and Clinical Research" in the New England Journal of Medicine intensified concern about the welfare of patients participating in clinical research, and his leadership in the 1968...

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Published inPerspectives in biology and medicine Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 18 - 36
Main Author Lederer, Susan E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Johns Hopkins University Press 2016
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Beecher
Bioethics
Biomedical research
Biomedical Research - ethics
Biomedical Research - history
Brain Death
Ethics
History, 20th Century
Human Experimentation - ethics
Human Experimentation - history
Humans
Life sciences
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide - history
Medical research
National Socialism - history
Psychiatrists
Psychopharmacology
Researchers
World War II
Kansas
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Summary:Henry K. Beecher (1904-1976) played an important role in the development of bioethics. His 1966 article "Ethics and Clinical Research" in the New England Journal of Medicine intensified concern about the welfare of patients participating in clinical research, and his leadership in the 1968 Harvard Ad Hoc Committee on Brain Death redefined the determination of death. Beecher deserves, and even demands, explanation and explication. This essay offers a biographical perspective on the Harvard professor. In addition to his early life and education in both Kansas and Boston, the essay explores how Beecher's experiences in World War II and in the new geopolitical realities of the Cold War shaped his views about the ethical dilemmas of clinical research.
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ISSN:0031-5982
1529-8795
1529-8795
DOI:10.1353/pbm.2016.0020