Nurses and Midwives in Nazi Germany: The ""Euthanasia Programs""

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Susan Benedict (The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA) Linda Shields (James Cook University, Australia)

Nurses and Midwives in Nazi Germany

The ""Euthanasia Programs""

Susan Benedict (The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA), Linda Shields (James Cook University, Australia)

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Routledge
09 April 2014

Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History

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.

Edited by: Susan Benedict (The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston USA), Linda Shields (James Cook University, Australia)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 680g
ISBN: 9780415896658
ISBN 10: 0415896657
Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History
Pages: 282
Publication Date: 09 April 2014
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Susan Benedict is Professor of Nursing, Director of Global Health, and Co-Director of the Campus-Wide Ethics Program at the University of Texas Health Science Center School of Nursing in Houston. Linda Shields is Director of the Tropical Health Research Unit, a partnership between James Cook University and Townsville Hospital and Health Service in Queensland, and Honorary Professor, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland.

Reviews for Nurses and Midwives in Nazi Germany: The ""Euthanasia Programs""

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