Nazi origins of Eduard Pernkopf's 'Topographische Anatomie des Menschen': the biomedical ethical issues
TitelThe Nazi origins of Eduard Pernkopf's 'Topographische Anatomie des Menschen': the biomedical ethical issues
Verfasser
Call number940.5318/0487
Inventarnummer09529l
ErscheinungsortNew York, New York, United States
VerlagThe Haworth Press
Erscheinungsjahr
1998
Seitenpp 131-146
MaterialArtikel
ISBN0789003791
NotesArticle from the book 'The Holocaust-memories, research, reference' edited by Robert Hauptman & Susan Motin Hubbs,"simultaneously co-published as The reference librarian, numbers 61 and 62, 1998"; pp 131-146
Beschreibung
The focus of this article is on how the origins of the Pernkopf anatomy atlas became known over 50 years after its creation. The ethical dilemmas that doctors and medical centres face as a result of this and other potentially tainted data is reviewed.