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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480127003321

Autore

Hildebrandt Sabine

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, England : , : Berghahn Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-78533-068-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (390 p.)

Disciplina

612.0071/143

Soggetti

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

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

Anatomists - Germany

Medical ethics - Germany - History - 20th century

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

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and German Terms; Introduction; Chapter 1 - History of Research on Medicine and Anatomy in National Socialism; Chapter 2 - Anatomy and Related Sciences before 1933; Chapter 3 - The Interaction between the NS State and Anatomists; Chapter 4 - The NS State and the Anatomische Gesellschaft; Chapter 5 - Anatomists Who Became Victims of NS Policies; Chapter 6 - Anatomists Working in NS Germany; Chapter 7 - NS Victims and the Use of Their Bodies for Anatomical Purposes; Chapter 8 - The Science of Anatomy in National Socialist Germany

Chapter 9 - After the WarChapter 10 - Developments in Professional Ethics in Anatomy; Chapter 11 - Anatomy-On the Edge of Culture; Appendix; Index