NCIt definition : A guiding statement, created by the World Medical Association (WMA) in Helsinki, Finland
in 1964, that details a set of ethical principles for physicians and other participants
in medical research. It has undergone a number of revisions over the years.;
Alternative definition : CDISC-GLOSS: A set of recommendations or basic principles that guide medical doctors
in the conduct of biomedical research involving human subjects. it was originally
adopted by the 18th World Medical assembly (Helsinki, Finland, 1964) and recently
revised (64th WMA General Assembly, Fortaleza, Brazil, October 2013).;