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2. See, for example, National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research,The Belmont Report, Washington DC, DHEW Publication No. 0578-0012, 1978; Beauchamp TL, Childress JF: Principles of Biomedical Ethics, 3rd ed. New York, Oxford University Press, 1989
3. Beauchamp and Childress; Faden RR, Beauchamp TL: A History and Theory of Informed Consent. New York, Oxford University Press, 1986
4. Beauchamp and Childress, p. 71
5. Mill JS: Utilitarianism, On Liberty, and Essay on Mill, by M Warnock (ed). New York, New American Library, 1974