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The Nuremberg Medical Trial : the Holocaust and the origin of the Nuremberg medical code / Horst H. Freyhofer.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Freyhofer, Horst H., 1938-
Contributor:
Bernard W. Freeman Book Fund.
Series:
Studies in modern European history ; v. 53.
Studies in modern European history, 0893-6897 ; vol. 53
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Nuremberg Medical Trial, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1947.
War crime trials--Germany.
War crime trials.
Human experimentation in medicine.
History.
Human experimentation in medicine--Law and legislation--Criminal provisions.
Human experimentation in medicine--Law and legislation.
Germany.
Human experimentation in medicine--Europe--History.
Europe.
Physical Description:
viii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York : P. Lang, [2004]
Contents:
Chapter 1 The Road to Nuremberg 9
The Nuremberg Medical Trial: A Symbol of Broken Trust 9
The Hippocratic Tradition and Its Modern Challenges 11
Human Experimentation Before the Outbreak of Global War 15
Collective Versus Individual Health After World War I: The Primacy of Ideology 18
German Medicine After the Outbreak of World War II 24
German Medical Experiments During World War II 26
Rescue of Fliers and Sailors 27
Treatment of War Injuries 29
Reconstructive Surgery 31
Controlling Epidemics 32
Biochemical Warfare 33
Eugenic Experiments 34
The Jewish Skeleton Collection 37
Medical Results of the Experiments 38
Chapter 2 The Trial
A Legal Analysis 43
The Precedent: The Major Trial Before the International Military Tribunal 43
The Medical Trial 48
Preparing the Trial 48
The Defendants 50
Count 1 Crimes Against Peace
Conspiracy 59
Count 2 War Crimes 62
Count 3 Crimes Against Humanity 75
Count 4 Membership in Criminal Organizations 81
Verdicts and Sentences 85
The Trial in Review: How Fair, How Just, How Competent? 86
The Nuremberg Code 103
Chapter 3 The Trial
An Ethical Analysis 107
Theoretical Background for an Overdue Debate 107
Medical Ethics: Hippocrates and National Socialism 120
Use and Abuse of Experimental Data 154.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-204) and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Bernard W. Freeman Book Fund.
ISBN:
0820467979
OCLC:
51878395

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