This book is about the ethics of nursing and midwifery, and how these were abrogated during the Nazi era. Nurses and midwives actively killed their patients, many of whom were disabled children and infants and patients with mental (and other) illnesses or intellectual disabilities. The book gives the facts as well as theoretical perspectives as a lens through which these crimes can be viewed. It also provides a way to teach this history to nursing and midwifery students, and, for the first time, explains the role of one of the world's most historically prominent midwifery leaders in the Nazi crimes.

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Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
1. Setting the Scene
2. Fertile Ground for Murder
3. Nursing during National Socialism
4. Psychiatric Nursing during the Era of National Socialism
5. The Medicalization of Murder: The “Euthanasia” Programs
6. Meseritz-Obrawalde: A Site for “Wild Euthanasia”
7. Klagenfurt: “She Killed As Part of Her Daily Duties”
8. German Midwifery in the “Third Reich”
9. From History to Memory: Using the “Euthanasia” Programs to Teach Nursing Ethics
10. Changing Perspectives: From “Euthanasia Killings” to the “Killing of Sick Persons”
11. Conclusion
Glossary
Contributors
Index

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