Human experimentation that is not intended to benefit the subjects on whom it is performed. Phase I drug studies (CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE I AS TOPIC) and research involving healthy volunteers are examples of nontherapeutic human experimentation.

Annotation

use only when the issue of nontherapeutic research is discussed, including its ethical, legal, psychological, or social implications

DUI

D033281 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0010647

Previous indexing

Human Experimentation (1978-2002)

History note

2003

Public note

2003