Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia: before, during, and after the Holocaust

"This book provides a history of Nazi medical euthanasia programs, demonstrating that arguments in their favor were widely embraced by Western medicine before the Third Reich. Contributors find significant continuities between history and current physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia and ur...

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Weitere Verfasser: Rubenfeld, Sheldon (HerausgeberIn), Sulmasy, Daniel P. 1956- (HerausgeberIn), Ley, Astrid 1962- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London Lexington Books [2022]
Schriftenreihe:Revolutionary bioethics
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Zusammenfassung:"This book provides a history of Nazi medical euthanasia programs, demonstrating that arguments in their favor were widely embraced by Western medicine before the Third Reich. Contributors find significant continuities between history and current physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia and urge caution about their legalization or implementation"--
Beschreibung:xiv, 344 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781793609519