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Record Nr.

UNINA9910494604803321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2008

ISBN

0-85745-692-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Collana

Vermont Studies on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust

Disciplina

610/.943/09043

Soggetti

Medicine - Germany - History - 20th century

Medical ethics - Germany - History - 20th century

World War, 1939-1945 - Atrocities

National socialism - Moral and ethical aspects

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

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

Sommario/riassunto

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