TV program: "In the name of science, research on humans" on LCP, the long road to legal supervision

LCP – THURSDAY, JULY 10 AT 8:30 PM – DOCUMENTARY

It seems obvious today. Anyone who participates in a clinical trial, for example, to test a drug, must give their consent. But in France, as elsewhere, this has not always been the case—far from it. In a fascinating documentary, rich in archival footage and testimonials, Professor François Lemaire traces the long road to legal regulation of medical research on humans in France and the United States.

The former head of the intensive care unit at Henri-Mondor Hospital, who completed his studies and part of his career before the Huriet law of 1988 , re-examines his peers and his masters on this period, where, he emphasizes, "we accepted without real questioning the gray area in which our research took place." The fifty-two-minute film first delves into the Nuremberg doctors' trial in 1946-1947, where twenty doctors and three Nazi officials were tried by an American military tribunal for having carried out inhumane and often fatal experiments in concentration camps.

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