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Author Benedict, Susan, 1943-

Title Nurses and midwives in Nazi Germany : the "euthanasia programs" / edited by Susan Benedict and Linda Shields
Published London : Routledge, 2014
New York : Routledge, 2014

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Description xvi, 266 pages ; 24 cm
regular print
Series Routledge studies in modern European history ; 20
Routledge studies in modern European history ; 20
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
Summary "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"--
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Children -- Nazi persecution.
Nurses -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
People with disabilities -- Nazi persecution.
Midwifery -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Nursing ethics -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Euthanasia -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
National socialism and medicine.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.
Midwifery -- history.
Euthanasia -- history.
Ethics, Nursing -- history.
History of Nursing.
SUBJECT Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054640
Genre/Form History.
Germany
Author Benedict, Susan, 1943- editor, author
Shields, Linda, 1950- editor, author
LC no. 2013031340
ISBN 9780415896658 (hardback)
0415896657 (hardback)