"Once vulnerability is understood to require protections tailored to specific circumstances, the requirement that “this group should stand to benefit from the knowledge, practices or interventions that result from the research” (paragraph 20)2 can and should include “benefits from both the conduct and results of research.”5"

JAMA. 2014 Mar 26;311(12):1252. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.1272.

Declaration of Helsinki and protection for vulnerable research participants.

Hurst SA.

Author information

• Institute for Ethics, History and Humanities, Geneva University Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland.

Comment in

• Declaration of Helsinki and protection for vulnerable research participants--reply. [JAMA. 2014]

Comment on

• The 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Helsinki: progress but many remaining challenges. [JAMA. 2013]

Once vulnerability is understood to require protections tailored to specific circumstances, the requirement that “this group should stand to benefit from the knowledge, practices or interventions that result from the research” (paragraph 20)2 can and should include “benefits from both the conduct and results of research.”5