Nazi origins of Eduard Pernkopf's 'Topographische Anatomie des Menschen': the biomedical ethical issues
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]The Nazi origins of Eduard Pernkopf's 'Topographische Anatomie des Menschen': the biomedical ethical issues
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.5318/0487
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]09529l
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]New York, New York, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]The Haworth Press
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
1998
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp 131-146
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]0789003791
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
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
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.