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From page 33...
... The regulations are intended to make clear that when such conflicts arise, the human rights of subjects trump the scientific interests of investigators and their institutions. As discussed earlier, the initial framework for HRPPPs grew out of reaction against studies that put humans at risk for the benefit of science, particularly against their will or without their informed consent.
From page 34...
... and have only glancing contact with any investigator. Even within the confines of clinical trials for drugs, a person participating in the trial may truly be the healthy "subject" in whom a prospective drug is being tested for dose and toxicity, may be someone choosing among small twigs of an elaborate and extensive decision tree, or may be a desperately ill patient choosing among options that are all risky and experimental.


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