Informe Belmont

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This section introduces the Belmont Report, outlining its origins and significance in research ethics.

Origins of the Belmont Report

• The Belmont Report was created in April 1979 by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in the USA.

• It derived its name from the Belmont Conference Center where the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research met to draft this seminal report.

• The report's inception stemmed from a notorious clinical study conducted between 1932 and 1972 in Tuskegee, Alabama. In this study, 399 African American participants were deceived about their diagnosis of syphilis and denied proper treatment even after penicillin became available as a cure.

Ethical Principles Outlined in the Belmont Report

• The report elucidates fundamental ethical principles for human subject research, emphasizing respect for persons' autonomy to decide on participation after being fully informed about risks and benefits.

• It underscores beneficence by advocating maximizing benefits while minimizing risks for research subjects.