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Nurses and midwives in Nazi Germany : the "euthanasia programs" / edited by Susan Benedict and Linda Shields.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge studies in modern European history ; 20.
- Routledge studies in modern European history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Midwifery--Moral and ethical aspects--Germany--History--20th century.
- Midwifery.
- Nursing ethics--Germany--History--20th century.
- Nursing ethics.
- Midwifery--Moral and ethical aspects.
- History.
- Germany.
- Euthanasia--Germany--History--20th century.
- Euthanasia.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- National socialism and medicine.
- Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.
- Politics and government.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Atrocities.
- Ethics, Nursing--history.
- Political science.
- Medical Subjects:
- Ethics, Nursing--history.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 266 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York: Routledge, 2014.
- Summary:
- "This book is about the ethics of nursing and midwifery, and how these were abrogated during the Nazi era. Nurses and midwives actively killed their patients, many of whom were disabled children and infants and patients with mental (and other) illnesses or intellectual disabilities. The book gives the facts as well as theoretical perspectives as a lens through which these crimes can be viewed. It also provides a way to teach this history to nursing and midwifery students, and, for the first time, explains the role of one of the world's most historically prominent midwifery leaders in the Nazi crimes"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Setting the Scene / LINDA SHIELDS AND THOMAS FOTH
- Fertile Ground for Murder / SUSAN BENEDICT
- Nursing during National Socialism / THOMAS FOTH, JOCHEN KUH LA, AND SUSAN BENEDICT
- Psychiatric Nursing during the Era of National Socialism / SUSAN BENEDICT, MARY LAGERWEY, AND LINDA SHIELDS
- The Medicalization of Murder: The "Euthanasia" Programs / SUSAN BENEDICT
- Meseritz-Obrawalde: A Site for "Wild Euthanasia" / SUSAN BENEDICT
- Klagenfurt: "She Killed As Part of Her Daily Duties" / SUSAN BENEDICT
- German Midwifery in the "Third Reich" / WIEBKE LISNER AND ANJA K. PETERS
- From History to Memory: Using the "Euthanasia" Programs to Teach Nursing Ethics / ELLEN BEN-SEFER AND DGANIT SHARON
- Changing Perspectives: From "Euthanasia Killings" to the "Killing of Sick Persons" / THOMAS FOTH
- Conclusion / LINDA SHIELDS AND SUSAN BENEDICT
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415896658
- 0415896657
- OCLC:
- 712124165
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