This article, in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg,
reflects on the Nazi eugenics and “euthanasia” programs and their relevance for today. The …

Only recently have historians explored in depth the role of the medical profession in Nazi
Germany. Several recent works reveal that physicians joined the Nazi party in …

The participation of German physicians in medical experiments on innocent people and
mass murder is one of the most disturbing aspects of the Nazi era and the Holocaust. Six …

Abstract Background: Disregard of Hippocratic medical ethics by major leaders in the Public
Health establishment and the leadership role played by physicians during the Nazi era in …

THE relationship between eugenics and genocide is widely presumed to be intimate and
logical because of the well-known involvement of German biomedical sciences and …

The activities of German doctors during the Nazi regime are well known and documented.
They include efforts at eugenic sterilization and euthanasia, gruesome medical …

Despite the central role played by the events leading to and during the Holocaust in
bioethical discourse, bioethicists have paid surprisingly little attention to examining the …

Since die early 1980s, much historical research has been done on medicine during che
Nazi period. 1 In general, this research has focused on three issues: 1. The relationship …

In When Medicine Went Mad, one of the nation's leading bioethicists-and an extraordinary
panel of experts and concentration camp survivors-examine problems first raised by Nazi …

Abstract Background The justification for Nazi programs involving involuntary euthanasia,
forced sterilisation, eugenics and human experimentation were strongly influenced by views …