Nazi origins of Eduard Pernkopf's 'Topographische Anatomie des Menschen': the biomedical ethical issues
TitreThe Nazi origins of Eduard Pernkopf's 'Topographische Anatomie des Menschen': the biomedical ethical issues
Auteur
Call number940.5318/0487
N° d'objet09529l
Lieu de publicationNew York, New York, United States
EditeurThe Haworth Press
Année de publication
1998
Paginationpp 131-146
MatérielArticle
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
Description
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.
