Nurses and national socialism - A moral dilemma: One historical example of a route to euthanasia

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-91

  Hoskins, Sylvia Anne ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; Euthanasia; History of euthanasia; National socialism

Indexed keywords

EUTHANASIA; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE; NURSING; POLITICAL SYSTEM; REVIEW;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; WAR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISABLED PERSONS; ETHICS, NURSING; EUGENICS; EUTHANASIA; GERMANY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NATIONAL SOCIALISM; NURSING STAFF; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 12244300969     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733005ne759oa     Document Type: Review

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