Nurses' participation in the euthanasia programs of Nazi Germany

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 246-263

  Benedict, Susan ^a   Kuhla, Jochen ^a  

^a Krankenpfleger Lehrer Pflegeberufe ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EUTHANASIA; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WAR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WAR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EUTHANASIA; GERMANY; HISTORY OF NURSING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; NATIONAL SOCIALISM; NURSE'S ROLE; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT;

EID: 0033108122     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01939459922043749     Document Type: Article

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