Of euphemisms and euthanasia: The language games of the Nazi doctors and some implications for the modern euthanasia movement

Omega

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 255-265

  Mitchell, C Ben ^a  

^a TRINITY EVANGELICAL DIVINITY SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; ETHICS; GERMANY; HISTORY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MASS MEDIUM; MENTAL PATIENT; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSICIAN; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RIGHT TO DIE; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; GERMANY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; METAPHOR; NATIONAL SOCIALISM; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; RIGHT TO DIE; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033489555     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/k68e-762e-3u3e-qrkx     Document Type: Article

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