Shields, Linda, Hartin, Peter, Shields, Kirril, and Benedict, Susan (2015) Teaching the Holocaust in nursing and medical education in Australia. Working Papers in the Health Sciences, 1 (12). pp. 1-4.

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Abstract

Background: the Holocaust was a turning point in history, and is a seminal event in human rights. Doctors, nurses and midwives were complicit in the killings of the Holocaust, and the development of the Nuremberg Code for Research Ethics was a direct result of the actions of health professionals.

Objective: to ascertain whether or not the Holocaust is taught in nursing/midwifery and medical school subjects in universities in Australia

Design: cross-sectional email survey

Participants: Course directors of Bachelor courses in all Australian nursing/midwifery (N=31) and medical schools (N=18), with responses from nursing/midwifery (n=19), medicine (n=4), response rate 43%.

Methods: email survey asking if and how the Holocaust was taught in their courses.

Results: two nursing/midwifery and one medical school taught the Holocaust directly, in one lecture. Six nursing/ midwifery and two medical schools taught it in relation to research ethics.

Conclusions: the Holocaust receives little attention in nursing, midwifery or medical curricula in Australia, despite its importance to human rights.

Item ID:	42343
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	2051-6266
Keywords:	Holocaust, nursing education
Date Deposited:	05 Feb 2016 06:27
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