Revised CIOMS International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research

Abstract

The revised CIOMS 2002 International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects supersede the previous 1993 Guidelines and consist of a statement of general ethical principles, a preamble and 21 guidelines with extensive commentaries. The Guidelines provide advice on the implementation in practice of the World Medical Association (WMA) Declaration of Helsinki and are designed to be of use, particularly to low-resource countries, in defining national policies and regulations on the ethics of biomedical research. The Guidelines are available on the CIOMS website.