Justice at Nuremberg : Leo Alexander and the Nazi doctors' trial / Ulf Schmidt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmidt, Ulf, 1967-

Series:

St. Antony's series (Palgrave (Firm))

St. Antony's series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alexander, Leo, 1905-1985.

Alexander, Leo.

Nuremberg Medical Trial, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1947.

Human experimentation in medicine--Moral and ethical aspects.

Human experimentation in medicine.

Human experimentation in medicine--Law and legislation.

Medical ethics--History--20th century.

Medical ethics.

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 386 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.

Summary:

"Justice at Nuremberg" traces the history of the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial held in 1946-47, as seen through the eyes of the Austrian bliogé migrbliogé psychiatrist Leo Alexander. His investigations helped the United States to prosecute twenty German doctors and three administrators for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The legacy of Nuremberg was profound. In the Nuremberg code--a landmark in the history of modern medical ethics--the judges laid down, for the first time, international guidelines for permissible experiments on humans. One of those who helped to formulate the code was Alexander. "Justice at Nuremberg" provides a detailed insight into the origins of human rights in medical science and into the changing role of international law, ethics and politics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-369) and index.

ISBN:

033392147X

OCLC:

53476609