Tabak N
Department of Nursing, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel.
Med Law. 1992;11(5-6):353-62.
This article deals with the medical ethical dilemma in performing experiments on humans. Its aim is to examine and offer solutions to the complex subject of medical experimentation in relation to the medical community, society, the patient, doctor and nurse, keeping in mind the importance of its benefits to the patient and to medical research. Doctors are obliged to follow the rules dictated by medical ethics, and are guided by them in times of decision-making and judgments regarding the performance of medical experimentation.