The ethics and medicine: certain little known pages of history of the Third Reich and USA

Autor: Igor V Damulin
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Medical Journal of the Russian Federation. 23:52-56
ISSN: 2412-9100
0869-2106
DOI: 10.18821/0869-2106-2017-23-1-52-56
Popis: The article considers destinies of medics residing in Nazi Germany and invaded countries. They took no participation in resistance but they were annihilated mainly in ghettos and concentration camps. The particular attention is paid to physicians, including the field of neurological sciences, left memories of themselves in the form of eponym names. These eponyms are to be applied in practical activities. The information is cited concerning inhuman programs of sterilization and euthanasia existed in Nazi Germany. It is emphasized that these programs occurred not in empty place because background of their development existed before Nazi came into power and the uSA included. And at that, experiments with prisoners continued to be implemented in the uSA even after the Second world war. The article draws attention to the importance of ethic aspects in activities of medics.
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