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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Susan Benedict; Linda Shields |
ISBN: | 9780415896658 0415896657 |
OCLC Number: | 712124165 |
Description: | xvi, 266 pages ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | Setting the Scene / LINDA SHIELDS AND THOMAS FOTH -- Fertile Ground for Murder / SUSAN BENEDICT -- Nursing during National Socialism / THOMAS FOTH, JOCHEN KUH LA, AND SUSAN BENEDICT -- Psychiatric Nursing during the Era of National Socialism / SUSAN BENEDICT, MARY LAGERWEY, AND LINDA SHIELDS -- The Medicalization of Murder: The "Euthanasia" Programs / SUSAN BENEDICT -- Meseritz-Obrawalde: A Site for "Wild Euthanasia" / SUSAN BENEDICT -- Klagenfurt: "She Killed As Part of Her Daily Duties" / SUSAN BENEDICT -- German Midwifery in the "Third Reich" / WIEBKE LISNER AND ANJA K. PETERS -- From History to Memory: Using the "Euthanasia" Programs to Teach Nursing Ethics / ELLEN BEN-SEFER AND DGANIT SHARON -- Changing Perspectives: From "Euthanasia Killings" to the "Killing of Sick Persons" / THOMAS FOTH -- Conclusion / LINDA SHIELDS AND SUSAN BENEDICT. |
Series Title: | Routledge studies in modern European history, 20. |
Responsibility: | edited by Susan Benedict and Linda Shields. |
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"a groundbreaking and chilling historical analysis of a medical system in which death becomes a medical cure and nursing professionals view their allegiance to the state, their superiors and society above that of individual patients." - Michael Grodin, Boston University "All the contributions present a compelling aggregation of the current status of research and give us a good picture of this field. The result is a work that should especially be recommended to health care professionals, midwives and their teachers, while it also outlines the current status of research for historians of the period and medical historians." -Anne-Kathleen Tillack-Graf, University of Potsdam"The editors of this book do nurses and the public a great service by examining the little-known but crucial role of nurses in the Nazi euthanasia programs.Each chapter of this small but densely packed book deals with a different aspect of nursing and midwifery involvement in the Nazi euthanasia regime, information often surprising as well as disturbing."-Nancy Valko, National Association of Prolife Nurses Read more...

