Cleansing the Fatherland
Subtitle: Nazi Medicine and Racial Hygiene
Contributors: Michael H. Kater (Foreword); Belinda Cooper (Translator)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: August 1, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780801847752
Subjects: European history: Second World War; Euthanasia; Fascism & Nazism; The Holocaust; Moral and ethical aspects; History: World; Eugenics; Germany - History - Third Reich (1933-1945); Medical Ethics; History - Military / War; Germany; Ethics; Military - General; Medical / History; Human experimentation in medicine; Medical policy; 20th century; History
First sentence: Fear of breathtaking advances in medical technology, the uncertainty of how to handle them, and perceived erosion of traditional ethical standards lead people to look for lessons in the Nazi experience.