Duty and 'Euthanasia': the Nurses of Meseritz-Obrawalde

This article examines the actions and testimonies of 14 nurses who killed psychiatric patients at the state hospital of Meseritz-Obrawalde in the Nazi 'euthanasia' program. The nurses provided various reasons for their decisions to participate in the killings. An ethical analysis of the te...

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Authors: Benedict, Susan (Author) ; Caplan, Arthur (Author) ; Lafrenz Page, Traute (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2007
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 2007, Volume: 14, Issue: 6, Pages: 781-794
Further subjects:B Ethics
B Nazi
B Psychiatry
B Euthanasia
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