Ramasakhi Devi from India is 55 years old and had a canceroustumour removed from her cheek. Then, she was informed that in orderto receive necessary follow-up chemotherapy and radiationtreatment, she would need to sign up for a clinical trial. Althoughthe consent forms were in English and Hindi, Devi was illiterate.Her son tried to help but even he misunderstood the forms, and toldhis mother there was only one available treatment option in thetrial instead of three. Moreover, Devi never understood that shecould drop out and thought she had to finish the treatment regimento be fully cured.
Question: Is it ethical to conduct experiments on human in thissituation? Explain with reference to the Nuremberg code.
