Nurses and midwives in Nazi Germany : the "euthanasia programs" / ed. by Susan Benedict and Linda Shields

"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 gi...

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Other Authors:Benedict, Susan (Editor)
Shields, Linda (Other)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:New York, NY [u.a.] : Routledge, 2014
Series:Routledge studies in modern European history 20
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
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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"--
Item Description:Literaturangaben
Physical Description:XVI, 266 S.
ISBN:9780415896658
0415896657