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Auteur(s) : Zeidman, Lawrence A.
Titre(s) : Brain science under the swastika [Texte imprimé] : ethical violations, resistance, and victimization of the neuroscientists in Nazi Europe / Lawrence A. Zeidman
Publication : Oxford ; New York : Oxford university press, copyright 2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIX-757 p.) : ill. ; 26 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
Eighty years ago the largest genocide ever occurred in Nazi Europe. This began with
the mass extermination of patients with neurologic and psychiatric disorders that
Hitler's regime considered "useless eaters". The neuropsychiatric profession was systematically
"cleansed" beginning in 1933, but racism and eugenics had infiltrated the specialty
long before that. With the installation of Nazi-principled neuroscientists, mass forced
sterilization was enacted, which transitioned to patient murder by the start of World
War II. But the murder of roughly 275,000 patients was not enough. The patients' brains
were stored and used in scientific publications both during and long after the war.
Also, patients themselves were used for unethical experiments. Relatively few neuroscientists
resisted the Nazis, with some success in the occupied countries. Most neuroscientists
involved in unethical actions continued their careers unscathed after the war. Few
answered for their actions, and few repented. The legacy of such a depraved era in
the history of neuroscience and medical ethics is that codes now exist to protect
patients and research subjects. But this protection is possibly subject to political
extremes and individual neuroscientists can only protect patients and colleagues if
they understand the dangers of a utilitarian, unethical, and uncompassionate mindset.
'Brain Science under the Swastika' is the only comprehensive and scholarly published
work regarding the ethical and professional abuses of neuroscientists during the Nazi
era. The author has crafted a scathing tour de force exploring the extremes of ethical
abuse, but also ways that this can be resisted and hopefully prevented by future generations
of neuroscientists and physicians
Sujet(s) : Neurosciences -- Allemagne -- 1900-1945
Scientifiques -- Déontologie -- Allemagne -- 1900-1945
National-socialisme et sciences
Indice(s) Dewey :
612.809 (23e éd.) = Système nerveux Fonctions sensorielles (physiologie humaine) - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780198728634. - ISBN 0198728638 (rel.). - ISBN 9780191044366. - ISBN 9780191882951
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46581909n
Notice n° :
FRBNF46581909
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