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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2004;89:F563 doi:10.1136/adc.2003.047373
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US bioethics fall short of world standards

  1. J V Geisheker,
  2. G Hill
  1. Doctors Opposing Circumcision, Suite 42, 2442 NW Market Street, Seattle Washington 98107, USA; iconbuster@earhlink.net

      In their study of motion resistant pulse oximetry in neonates, Sahni et al1 obtained approval from their institutional review board and consent from the parents of the infants involved. Nevertheless, the study fails the most basic principles of bioethics, and this calls into question the value of institutional review boards and points to a yawning chasm between American ethical practices and world ethical standards.

      The recognised criteria for ethical experimentation are …

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