The anatomy of murder : ethical transgressions and anatomical science during the Third Reich / Sabine Hildebrandt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hildebrandt, Sabine, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human anatomy--Study and teaching--Germany--History--20th century.

Human anatomy.

Human anatomy--Research--Germany--History--20th century.

Anatomists--Germany.

Anatomists.

Medical ethics--Germany--History--20th century.

Medical ethics.

Human anatomy--Research.

History.

Human anatomy--Study and teaching.

Germany.

Human experimentation in medicine--Germany--History--20th century.

Human experimentation in medicine.

National socialism--Moral and ethical aspects.

National socialism.

World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.

World War, 1939-1945.

Atrocities.

Germany--History--1933-1945.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 374 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2016.

Summary:

"This volume explores how the study of anatomy was conducted during the governance of the Third Reich, from the Third Reich's involvement with university anatomy departments to how the Third Reich implemented protocols for anatomists"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

History of research on medicine and anatomy in National Socialism

Anatomy and related sciences before 1933

The interaction between the NS state and anatomists

The NS state and the Anatomische Gesellschaft

Anatomists who became victims of NS policies

Anatomists working in NS Germany

NS victims and the use of their bodies for anatomical purposes

The science of anatomy in National Socialist Germany

After the war

Developments in professional ethics in anatomy

Anatomy : on the edge of culture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781785330674

1785330675

OCLC:

913337770