1. ‘Nuremberg Code of 1947’ in Trials of War Criminals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunal under Control Council Law no. 10, vol. 2, Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1949.
2. The debate began as early as 1989. See Knoppers BM, Laberge C. DNA sampling and informed consent. CMAJ 1989:140: 1023.
3. http://ncehr.medical.org/english/mstr_frm.html
4. http://www.wma.net/e/policy/17-c_e.html
5. See Waggoner WC, Mayo DM. Who understands? A survey of 25 words or phrases commonly used in proposed clinical research consent forms. IRB 1995: 17 (1): 6