Nuremburg Code was the result of the Nuremburg Trials and articulated
the basic concepts followed today Principally -
Voluntariness
Informed Consent
Freedom to withdraw
Written as part of the judgement against Nazi doctors
Prosecutors did not have a standard by which to judge the conduct of
the doctors It was obvious that they had done the wrong thing, but how do
you decide.
Doctors were ultimately convicted of murder not for being bad
researchers
Ultimately had little effect on how research was being conducted in
the US and most of the world Viewed as something related to criminal
research and not applicable to well-meaning physicians/researchers