Overview

"Beginning in the late 1930s, the National Socialism government of Germany began a program of killing individuals with mental or physical disabilities. Six ""killing centres"" were established. By August 1941, knowledge of the killings had spread to the general public and Hitler called for the program to end. This, however, did not end the killings"

Full Product Details

Author:   Susan Benedict ,  Linda Shields
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780415896658

ISBN 10:   0415896657
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   09 April 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"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"

Reviews

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

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

Author Information

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.

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