Mengele medicus: Medicine's Nazi heritage

W. E. Seidelman

doi:10.2190/B7UY-N2UM-6R4G-XPCF

Mengele medicus: Medicine's Nazi heritage

W. E. Seidelman

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Nazi medicine is commonly considered to be an aberration that began and ended with the horrors of the Hitler regime. But its beginnings were more gradual and its legacy more pernicious. Data derived from research conducted on unknowing and unwitting subjects in death camps continue to be cited in authorative contemporary medical literature. Nazi medicine has become a part of the professional genotype of modern medicine. This continuing influence of Nazi medicine raises profound questions for the epistemology and morality of medicine.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	599-610
Number of pages	12
Journal	International Journal of Health Services
Volume	19
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2190/B7UY-N2UM-6R4G-XPCF
State	Published - 1 Jan 1989
Externally published	Yes

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