Doctor-patient relations in Nazi Germany and the fate of psychiatric patients

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 183-194

  Hassenfeld, Irwin N ^a,b,c  

^a Ellis Hospital   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Doctor patient relations; Health care delivery; Holocaust; Medical ethics; Psychiatric history

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTRACEPTION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL PATIENT; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICS; PSYCHIATRIST; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; ARTICLE; ETHICS; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; GIPSY; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHIATRY; WAR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; WAR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;

CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUGENICS; GERMANY; GYPSIES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; NATIONAL SOCIALISM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRY; STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE;

EID: 0036730022     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016084620453     Document Type: Review

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