Timeline of medical ethics

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This is a timeline of medical ethics.

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1975 "The right to die movement in the US began with the case of Karen Quinlan in 1975 and continues to raise bioethical questions of one's quality of life and the legal process of death. Karen Quinlan, 21, lost consciousness after consuming alcohol and tranquilizers at a party."[1] United States
1978 Louise Brown becomes the world’s first baby conceived by in vitro fertilization.[2][3][4] United Kingdom
1978 "The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) is formed. It consists of a group of medical journal editors who create and each year revise Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts."
1979 "The National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects in Biomedical and Behavioral Research publishes The Belmont Report: Principles of Ethical Research on Human Subjects. The Report provides the conceptual foundation for a major revision of the U.S. research regulations in 1981."[5][6]
1979 Literature IRB: Ethics & Human Research[7]
1979 Organization The Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences officially establishes its own private central ethical committee.[8] Switzerland
1981 Organization Japan establishes its first ethics committee, at the Medical Institute of Tokyo University.[8] Japan
1985 Literature Zhi-zheng Du's Outline of Medical Ethics is published in China as the first systematic textbook of medical ethics after the cultural revolution of the 1960s and 1970s.[9] China
1988 Literature Zhao-xiong He's History of Chinese Medical Morality is published, providing material on medical ethics from ancient to current China.[9] China

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References

  1. McFadden RD (12 June 1985). "Karen Ann Quinlan, 31, Dies; Focus of '76 Right to Die Case". The New York Times. 
  2. "THIS DAY IN HISTORY". history.com. Retrieved 12 July 2020. 
  3. "Louise Brown Biography". biography.com. Retrieved 12 July 2020. 
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  5. Resnik, David B. Playing Politics with Science: Balancing Scientific Independence and Government Oversight. 
  6. Metcalf, Jacob; Crawford, Kate. "Where are human subjects in Big Data research? The emerging ethics divide". doi:10.1177/2053951716650211. 
  7. "Announcing Ethics & Human Research". thehastingscenter.org. Retrieved 13 July 2020. 
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