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Sixty years of ethical evolution: The 2024 revision of the Declaration of Helsinki (DoH)

Haihong Zhang1,2You Wu3,4,5Haibo Wang6Weili Zhao7,8Yali Cong9()
The Research Department, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
Peking University Human Research Protection Program, Beijing, China
School of Healthcare Management, Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat‐sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Department of International Relations, Chinese Medical Association, Beijing, China
Department of Global Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
School of Medical Humanities, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Zhang H, Wu Y, Wang H, et al. Sixty years of ethical evolution: The 2024 revision of the Declaration of Helsinki (DoH). Health Care Science, 2024, 3(6): 371-373. https://doi.org/10.1002/hcs2.126
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