The anatomy of murder
Subtitle: ethical transgressions and anatomical science during the Third Reich
By: Sabine Hildebrandt
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9781785330674; 9781785330681
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; National socialism; Anatomists; Research; Study and teaching; Human anatomy; World War, 1939-1945; Human experimentation in medicine; Medical ethics; Atrocities; History
Description: "This volume explores how the study of anatomy was conducted during the governance of the Third Reich, from the Third Reich's involvement with university anatomy departments to how the Third Reich implemented protocols for anatomists"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: History of research on medicine and anatomy in National Socialism; title: Anatomy and related sciences before 1933; title: The interaction between the NS state and anatomists; title: The NS state and the Anatomische Gesellschaft; title: Anatomists who became victims of NS policies; title: Anatomists working in NS Germany; title: NS victims and the use of their bodies for anatomical purposes; title: The science of anatomy in NS Germany; title: After the war; title: Developments in professional ethics in anatomy; title: Anatomy : on the edge of culture.