Definition: Human experimentation that is not intended to benefit the subjects on whom it is performed. Phase I drug studies (CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE I AS TOPIC) and research involving healthy volunteers are examples of nontherapeutic human experimentation.
use only when the issue of nontherapeutic research is discussed, including its ethical, legal, psychological, or social implications
See AlsoClinical Trials, Phase I as Topic
Other names Experimentation, Nontherapeutic Human; Research, Nontherapeutic; Nontherapeutic Research; Human Experimentation, Nontherapeutic