Nurses and Midwives in Nazi Germany: the "euthanasia programs"

Benedict, Susan, and Shields, Linda (2014) Nurses and Midwives in Nazi Germany: the "euthanasia programs". Routledge Studies in Modern European History, 20 . Routledge, New York, NY, USA.

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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 ID: 27751
Item Type: Book (Edited)
ISBN: 978-0-415-89665-8
Date Deposited: 17 Jun 2014 05:59
FoR Codes: 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1110 Nursing > 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified @ 50%
21 HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 2103 Historical Studies > 210307 European History (excl British, Classical Greek and Roman) @ 50%
SEO Codes: 95 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING > 9505 Understanding Past Societies > 950504 Understanding Europes Past @ 50%
92 HEALTH > 9202 Health and Support Services > 920210 Nursing @ 50%
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