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Quotation from The Nuremberg Code (Permissible Medical Experiments) by United States Military Tribunal I (the Doctors' Trial)

“The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential.”

United States Military Tribunal I (the Doctors' Trial)

The Nuremberg Code (Permissible Medical Experiments), Principle 1

The opening words of the Code, its most important principle.

Citation: "The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential." — United States Military Tribunal I (the Doctors' Trial), The Nuremberg Code (Permissible Medical Experiments), Principle 1. (id the-nuremberg-code-q1)

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