Nursing during National Socialism
TítuloNursing during National Socialism
Call number179.7/0017
Número del objeto09356c
Lugar de publicaciónNew York, New York, United States
EditorialRoutledge
Año de publicación
2014
Paginaciónpp27-47
MaterialArticle
SerieRoutledge studies in modern European history ; 20
ISBN9780415896658
NotesArticle from the book 'Nurses and midwives in Nazi Germany: the "Euthanasia Programs"pp47-47
Descripción
Although nursing has traditionally been regarded as a caring profession, nurses actively and intentionally killed thousands of their most vulnerable patients - children and adults with mental and physical disabilities. Some research has explored how the caring professions could become not only supporters of a government's policy, but also its enthusiastic implementers. One answer has been to blame the specific situation in Germany at the time