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The '''Nuremberg Code''' is a set of research ethics principles for human experimentation created as one result of the subsequent Nuremberg trials at the end of [[World War II]].  

The '''Nuremberg Code''' is a set of research ethics principles for human experimentation created as one result of the subsequent Nuremberg trials at the end of [[World War II]].  

The origin of the Code began in pre–World War II German politics, particularly during the 1930s and 1940s. The pre-war German Medical Association was considered to be a [[progressive]] and democratic association with great concerns for public health, one example being the legislation of compulsory health insurance for German workers.  The use of [[scientific racism]] was supported by the Nazi government in order to use [[biology]] to accomplish their goals of racial purity, a core concept in the [[national socialist]] ideology.  

The origin of the Code began in pre–World War II German politics, particularly during the 1930s and 1940s. The pre-war German Medical Association was considered to be a [[progressive]] and democratic association with great concerns for public health, one example being the legislation of compulsory health insurance for German workers.  The use of [[scientific racism]] was supported by the [[Nazi]] government in order to use [[biology]] to accomplish their goals of racial purity, a core concept in the [[national socialist]] ideology.  

After World War II, a series of trials were held to hold members of the Nazi party responsible for a multitude of [[war crime]]s.  In the trial of ''USA v Brandt'', which became known as the "Doctors' Trial", German physicians responsible for conducting medical procedures on humans during the war were tried. They focused on physicians who conducted experiments in [[concentration camps]], in addition to those who were involved in over 3,500,000 sterilizations of German citizens.<ref name="Credo Refernece">{{cite web |url=http://www.credoreference.com/entry.do?ta=abcgeamrle&uh=eugenics_euthanasia |title=Eugenics/Euthanasia |publisher=ABC-CLIO |access-date=16 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stanford.edu/group/psylawseminar/The%20Nuremburg%20Code.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=|archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008125500/http://www.stanford.edu/group/psylawseminar/The%20Nuremburg%20Code.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

After World War II, a series of trials were held to hold members of the Nazi party responsible for a multitude of [[war crime]]s.  In the trial of ''USA v Brandt'', which became known as the "Doctors' Trial", German physicians responsible for conducting medical procedures on humans during the war were tried. They focused on physicians who conducted experiments in [[concentration camps]], in addition to those who were involved in over 3,500,000 sterilizations of German citizens.<ref name="Credo Refernece">{{cite web |url=http://www.credoreference.com/entry.do?ta=abcgeamrle&uh=eugenics_euthanasia |title=Eugenics/Euthanasia |publisher=ABC-CLIO |access-date=16 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stanford.edu/group/psylawseminar/The%20Nuremburg%20Code.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=|archive-date=8 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008125500/http://www.stanford.edu/group/psylawseminar/The%20Nuremburg%20Code.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>