Nurses and Midwives in Nazi Germany: The Euthanasia Programs

ISBN-13: 9780415896658 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 282 str.

Susan Benedict; Linda Shields

Opis

In the 1930s, the Nazi government began a program of killing individuals with disabilities. Eventually six killing centres were established - and an estimated 10,000 people killed by nurses. This book offers a startling historical analysis of the ways in which nurses were involved in the success of the 'euthanasia' program.

Spis treści

1. Setting the Scene  Linda Shields  2. Fertile Ground for Murder  Susan Benedict  3. Nursing During National Socialism  Thomas Foth, Jochen Kuhla and Susan Benedict  4. Psychiatric Nursing During the Era of National Socialism  Susan Benedict, Mary Lagerwey and Linda Shields  5. The Medicalization of Murder: The "Euthanasia" Programs  Susan Benedict  6. Meseritz-Obrawalde: A Site for "Wild Euthanasia"  Susan Benedict  7. Klagenfurt: "She Killed As Part of Her Daily Duties"  Susan Benedict  8. German Midwifery in the "Third Reich"  Wiebke Lisner and Anja Peters  9. From History to Memory: Using the "Euthanasia" Programs to Teach Nursing Ethics  Ellen Ben-Sefer and Dganit Sharon  10. Changing Perspectives: From "Euthanasia Killings" to the "Killing of Sick Persons"  Thomas Foth  11. Conclusion  Linda Shields and Susan Benedict

O autorze

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.