Belmont Report
25th Anniversary of the Belmont Report –
Program
OHRP commemorated the 25th anniversary of the
publication of the Belmont Report
a milestone in Federal responsibility, leadership and commitment,
with a ceremony held on November 16, 2004. That event honored the
writers of the Belmont Report – the members, consultants and
staff of the National Commission for the Protection of Human
Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, 1974-78. You may
view the edited version of that
25th Anniversary
Program. (67 minutes) You may download Free RealPlayer.
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Belmont Report Educational Video
OHRP also developed a Belmont Report Educational Video
(9 minutes)that provides the context for the Belmont Report for those who are not familiar with its
principles and uses.You may download Free RealPlayer.
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History of the Belmont Report and the Federal Regulations
Based on the work of the National Commission for the Protection of
Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research (1974-1978),
the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) revised and
expanded its regulations for the protection of human subjects
45
CFR part 46 in the late 1970's and early 1980's. In 1978, the
Commission’s report “Ethical Principles and Guidelines
for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research” was
published. It was named the
Belmont Report,
for the Belmont Conference Center, where the National Commission met when first drafting the report.
The Belmont Report explains the unifying ethical principles that
form the basis for the National Commission’s topic-specific
reports and the regulations that incorporate its recommendations.
The Belmont Report identifies three fundamental ethicalprinciples
for all human subject research – respect for persons,
beneficence, and justice. Those principles remain the basis for
the HHS human subject protection regulations.
In 1991, 14 other Federal departments and agencies joined HHS in
adopting a uniform set of rules for the protection of human
subjects, identical to
subpart A of 45 CFR part 46
of the HHS regulations. This uniform set of regulations is the
Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, informally known as the “Common Rule.”
Today, the Belmont Report continues as an essential reference for
institutional review boards (IRBs) that review HHS-conducted or
-supported human subjects research proposals involving human
subjects, in order to ensure that the research meets the ethical
foundations of the regulations.
Oral History Archive
Interviews with members and staff of the National Commission for
the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral
Research were carried out in 2004. Transcripts of these interviews
are presented here. Some video versions of the interviews are also currently available; the rest will be posted as they become available. As above, the video versions are available in RealPlayer -- you may download Free RealPlayer.
Duane Alexander, M.D. (Commission Staff)
Tom L. Beauchamp, Ph.D. (Commission Staff)
Robert Cooke, MD, National Commission
F. William Dommel, J.D. (NIH Liaison to Commission)
Norman Fost, MD, MPH, Consultant to the National Commission
Dorothy Height, Ph.D. (Commissioner)
Albert R. Jonsen, Ph.D. (Commissioner)
Miriam Kelty, Ph.D. (Commission Staff)
Patricia King, J.D. (Commissioner)
Karen Lebacqz, Ph.D. (Commissioner)
Bonnie M. Lee, B.A. (Commission Staff)
Robert Levine, Ph.D. (Consultant to Commission)
Charles R. McCarthy, Ph.D. (NIH Liaison to Commission)
Barbara Mishkin, J.D. (Commission Staff)
Rep. Paul Rogers (U.S. Congress)
Donald Seldin, MD., Commissioner, National Commission
Stephen Toulmin, Ph.D., National Commission
LeRoy Walters, Ph.D. (Commission Staff)
Michael Yesley, J.D. (Commission Staff)
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