Nurses and the sterilization experiments of Auschwitz: a postmodernist perspective.
Nurses and the sterilization experiments of Auschwitz: a postmodernist perspective.
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护士和奥斯维辛的绝育实验:后现代主义的视角。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1440-1800.2006.00330.x
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发表时间:
2006
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影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
J. Georges
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文献类型:
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作者:
S. Benedict;J. Georges
The medical experiments conducted on non-consenting prisoners of Nazi concentration camps during World War II necessitated the codification of principles to protect human subjects of research. Auschwitz was the largest and one of the most infamous of the camps and the site of numerous 'medical' experiments. This historical study uses primary source documents obtained from archives in England and Germany to describe one type of experiment carried out at Auschwitz - the sterilization experiments. The purpose of these experiments was to perfect a technique in which non-Aryans could be prevented from reproducing while still being able to work as slave laborers. These narratives regarding the sterilization experiments at Auschwitz are remarkable in that they contain previously undocumented information regarding the voluntary and involuntary involvement of nurses. Following these narratives, a discussion of ethics in relation to the Holocaust is presented with a specific focus on the work of Agamben. Implications of the Auschwitz narratives for the application of codes of ethical principles and contemporary nursing are discussed from a postmodernist perspective.