Myths and taboos among Israeli first- and second-generation psychiatrists in regard to the Holocaust
TitleMyths and taboos among Israeli first- and second-generation psychiatrists in regard to the Holocaust
Author
Call numberS940.5318/006
Object number04117ac
Place of publicationJerusalem
Year of publication
2000
Dimensionspp25-36
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the journal 'Echoes of the Holocaust' Bulletin of the Jerusalem Center for Research into the late effects of the Holocaust Issue No.6April 2000 pp25-36
Description
The central thesis of this paper is that doctors, including psychiatrists, share the myths and taboos of their societies. Their attitudes changed from rejection, denial, therapeutic neutrality, and fragmentation towrad rehumanisation and reindividuation of former victims and toward a new narrative.