Three Principles Of The Belmont Report

According to Schmidt and Brown (2012), The Belmont Report is a report that outlines three major principles in relation to conducting ethical research with human subjects (p.52). One of the three principles is respect for persons. Respect for persons is saying that the human subject no what is being conducting they do not lose their rights. They always have freedom to make whatever decision they wish to make. As a nurse it is important to know this because even through a patient may be important to guiding research, they still have the right to refuse and the nurse must be on the patient’s side. The patient is the nurse’s one priority and this does not change no matter the study. When focusing on the right of the person, even if they were mentally