Nazi medicine: a historical and cultural approach. third part
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2) Terminal experiments with human beings
3) Medical opposition to grimes against humanity
This historical-cultural approach will be complemented with the consideration of a "medicine without humanity" in following existential consequences:
a) The Nuremberg Doctor's Trial
b) Ethical problems of prisoners-doctors in concentration camps
c) Experiences of prisoners in concentration camps and the so-called KZ-Syndrome
This artiele emphatizes the relevance of a detailed know about this, often forgotten, landscape in the history of medicine because it is necessary to stand up to the serious challenges in medical ethics at the present time.">
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Medical Practices under Nazism: A Historical-Cultural Approach
Abstract: The article develops an itemized study of tree main aspects in the medical practice and research during the "Third Reich":
1) "Race Science" and Euthanasia
2) Terminal experiments with human beings
3) Medical opposition to grimes against humanity
This historical-cultural approach will be complemented with the consideration of a "medicine without humanity" in following existential consequences:
a) The Nuremberg Doctor's Trial
b) Ethical problems of prisoners-doctors in concentration camps
c) Experiences of prisoners in concentration camps and the so-called KZ-Syndrome
This artiele emphatizes the relevance of a detailed know about this, often forgotten, landscape in the history of medicine because it is necessary to stand up to the serious challenges in medical ethics at the present time.