The Nazi Doctors and Nuremberg: Some Moral Lessons Revisited
Authors: Edmund D. Pellegrino
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1997)

Editorials15 August 1997The Nazi Doctors and Nuremberg: Some Moral Lessons RevisitedEdmund D. Pellegrino, MDEdmund D. Pellegrino, MDGeorgetown University Medical Center; Washington, DC 20007Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-127-4-199708150-00010 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Exactly 50 years ago, the world learned of the moral depravity of the 20 Nazi physicians who were tried and convicted in Nuremberg for the part they played in the brutal human experiments at Auschwitz [1-4]. Ethicists have since expounded on the moral lessons to be learned from the Nuremberg Trials. So obvious these moral lessons seem now, and so gross the malfeasance, that it seems redundant to revisit them. Certainly we do not need to study such gross moral pathology that could never happen again.That is a dangerous conclusion. Moral lessons are quickly forgotten. 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Miles, MD, for the Ethics and Human Rights Committee*Medical Professionalism in Society 15 August 1997Volume 127, Issue 4Page: 307-308KeywordsCrimeGeneticsHealth services researchHepatitis AHomicideIntelligenceLongitudinal studiesMedical ethicsPatient advocacyReasoning ePublished: 15 August 2000 Issue Published: 15 August 1997 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1997 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...