The Nazi doctors and the medical community; honor or censure? The case of Hans Sewering

Journal of Medical Humanities

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-135

  White, Lawrence W ^a  

^a Parkway Medical Building ^*  (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONTRACEPTION; EUTHANASIA; GENETIC DISORDER; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTORY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL GENETICS; MENTAL PATIENT; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; WAR; WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUGENICS; EUTHANASIA; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GERMANY; HISTORY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JURISPRUDENCE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MORALS; MOTIVATION; NATIONAL SOCIALISM; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIETIES; STERILIZATION, INVOLUNTARY; WAR;

EID: 0030153446     PISSN: 10413545     EISSN: 15733645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02276813     Document Type: Article

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