Medicine and medical ethics in Nazi Germany : origins, practices, legacies / edited by Francis R. Nicosia and Jonathan Huener.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nicosia, Francis R., 1944-2023, editor.

Huener, Jonathan, editor.

Series:

Vermont Studies on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Germany--History--20th century.

Medicine.

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

Medical ethics.

World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.

World War, 1939-1945.

National socialism--Moral and ethical aspects.

National socialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The participation of German physicians in medical experiments on innocent people and mass murder is one of the most disturbing aspects of the Nazi era and the Holocaust. Six distinguished historians working in this field are addressing the critical issues raised by these murderous experiments, such as the place of the Holocaust in the larger context of eugenic and racial research, the motivation and roles of the German medical establishment, and the impact and legacy of the eugenics movements and Nazi medical practice on physicians and medicine since World War II. Based on the authors

Contents:

MEDICINE AND MEDICAL ETHICS IN NAZI GERMANY; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1. THE IDEOLOGY OF ELIMINATION; CHAPTER 2. THE NAZI CAMPAIGN AGAINST TOBACCO; CHAPTER 3. PHYSICIANS AS KILLERS IN NAZI GERMANY; CHAPTER 4. CRIMINAL PHYSICIANS IN THE THIRD REICH; CHAPTER 5. PATHOLOGY OF MEMORY; CHAPTER 6. THE LEGACY OF NAZI MEDICINE IN CONTEXT; APPENDIX; CONTRIBUTORS; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 25, 2014).

ISBN:

9780857456922

085745692X

OCLC:

1347247050