Nazi origins of Eduard Pernkopf's 'Topographische Anatomie des Menschen': the biomedical ethical issues
TitoloThe Nazi origins of Eduard Pernkopf's 'Topographische Anatomie des Menschen': the biomedical ethical issues
Autore
Call number940.5318/0487
Numero oggetto09529l
Luogo di pubblicazioneNew York, New York, United States
EditoreThe Haworth Press
Anno di pubblicazione
1998
Paginazionepp 131-146
MaterialeArticle
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
Descrizione
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.