Duty and 'Euthanasia': The nurses of Meseritz-Obrawalde

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 781-794

  Benedict, Susan ^a,b   Caplan, Arthur ^c   Page, Traute Lafrenz ^d  

^a Nurse Midwifery Center   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Ethics; Euthanasia; Nazi; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; CRIME; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; GERMANY; HISTORY; HOMICIDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING;

DECISION MAKING; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICS, NURSING; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; GERMANY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOMICIDE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, STATE; HUMANS; NATIONAL SOCIALISM; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; WAR CRIMES;

EID: 38949198827     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969733007082118     Document Type: Article

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