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Helsinki (Medicine)

Helsinki (pronunciation: /hɛlˈsɪŋki/), in the context of medicine, refers to the Declaration of Helsinki, a set of ethical principles regarding human experimentation developed for the medical community by the World Medical Association (WMA).

Etymology

The term "Helsinki" is derived from the capital city of Finland, where the declaration was adopted in 1964. The Declaration of Helsinki is named after the location of the WMA's 18th General Assembly, where it was first introduced.

Related Terms

  • World Medical Association: An international and independent confederation of free professional medical associations, thus representing physicians worldwide. WMA was established on 17 September 1947.
  • Medical Ethics: A system of moral principles that apply values and judgments to the practice of medicine. As a scholarly discipline, medical ethics encompasses its practical application in clinical settings as well as work on its history, philosophy, theology, and sociology.
  • Clinical Trial: A type of research that studies new tests and treatments and evaluates their effects on human health outcomes. Such biomedical or health-related interventions include drugs, cells and other biological products, surgical procedures, radiologic procedures, devices, behavioural treatments, process-of-care changes, preventive care, etc.
  • Informed Consent: A process for getting permission before conducting a healthcare intervention on a person, or for disclosing personal information. A health care provider may ask a patient to consent to receive therapy before providing it, or a clinical researcher may ask a subject before enrolling that person into a clinical trial.
  • Placebo: A substance or treatment which is designed to have no therapeutic value. Common placebos include inert tablets (like sugar pills), inert injections (like saline), sham surgery, and other procedures.
  • Blinding (masking): A practice used in clinical trials where one or more parties involved with the trial do not know which participants have been assigned which interventions. It is used to prevent bias in research results.

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