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Research with vulnerable people – WMA Declaration of Helsinki revision

Start Date: May 14, 2024
End Date: May 15, 2024
Location: State Chamber of Physicians of Bavaria, Mühlbaurstraße 16 81677 Munich, Germany

Co-organised by the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina) and the German Medical Association (GMA), in collaboration with the World Medical Association (WMA) and the American Medical Association (AMA), and with kind support from the State Chamber of Physicians of Bavaria, this targeted interdisciplinary discussion on Research with Vulnerable People in Munich gathered leading experts on the ethics of research involving human subjects to explore and analyse the concept of vulnerability in different research settings.

The meeting focused on vulnerable groups including children, the elderly, pregnant people, and people with disabilities.

The objective of this meeting was to contribute valuable input to the ongoing revision of the WMA’s Declaration of Helsinki.

Click here to see the final program and the recordings are available below: