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3rd edition 201521Medical Ethics Manual Principal Features of Medical EthicsWORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONWorld Medical Association Medical Ethics ManualMedical student holding a newborn Roger Ball/CORBISMedical Ethics Manual3rd edition 201521Medical Ethics Manual Principal Features of Medical Ethics 2015 by The World Medical Association, rights reserved. Up to 10 copies of this document may be made for your non-commercial personal use, provided that credit is given to the original source. You must have prior written permission for any other reproduction, storage in a retrieval system or transmission, in any form or by any means. Requests for permission should be directed to The World Medical Association, 63, 01212 Ferney-Voltaire Cedex, France; email: fax (+33) 450 40 59 Manual is a publication of the World Medical Association. It was written by John R. Williams, Director of Ethics, WMA (2003-2006)Cover, design and concept by Tuuli Sauren, INSPIRIT International Communications, Belgium.

a clinical trial of a new non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) for osteoarthritis. She is offered a sum of money for each patient that she enrols in the trial. The C.R.O. representative assures her that the trial has received all the necessary approvals, including one from an ethics review committee.

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