Nurses and Midwives in Nazi Germany: The Euthanasia Programs

by Linda Shields

Book Overview

This book is about the ethics of nursing and midwifery, and how these were abrogated during the Nazi era. Nurses and midwives actively killed their patients, many of whom were disabled children and infants and patients with mental (and other) illnesses or intellectual disabilities. The book gives the facts as well as theoretical perspectives as a lens through which these crimes can be viewed. It also provides a way to teach this history to nursing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032923768
• ISBN13: 9781032923765
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 282 Pages