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Nurses and midwives in Nazi Germany : the "euthanasia programs" /

"This book is about the ethics of nursing and midwifery, and how these were abrogated during the Nazi era. Nurses and midwives actively killed their patients, many of whom were disabled children and infants and patients with mental (and other) illnesses or intellectual disabilities. The book gi...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Susan Benedict, Linda Shields
Format: Printed Book
Published: New York: Routledge, 2014.
Series:Routledge studies in modern European history
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