Nazi Medical Research in Neuroscience: Medical Procedures, Victims, and Perpetrators

Issues relating to the euthanasia killings of the mentally ill, the medical research conducted on collected body parts, and the clinical investigations on living victims under National Socialism are among the best-known abuses in medical history. But to date, there have been no statistics compiled r...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian bulletin of medical history = Bulletin canadien d'histoire de la medecine Vol. 33; no. 2; p. 418
Main Authors: Loewenau, Aleksandra, Weindling, Paul J
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Canada 01.09.2016
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Child
Child, Preschool
Euthanasia
Female
History, 20th Century
Holocaust - history
Holocaust - statistics & numerical data
Human Experimentation - ethics
Human Experimentation - history
Human Experimentation - legislation & jurisprudence
Human Experimentation - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Middle Aged
National Socialism
Neurosciences - history
Research Personnel - history
Research Personnel - statistics & numerical data
Young Adult
neurosciences
Nazi physicians
neuroscience
euthanasia
expérimentations médicales
eugenics
research ethics
euthanasie
éthique de la recherche
médecins nazis
medical experimentation
victimes d'atrocités médicales
victims of medical atrocities
eugénisme
Nazi medical research
ISSN:0823-2105
Online Access:Get more information
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Issues relating to the euthanasia killings of the mentally ill, the medical research conducted on collected body parts, and the clinical investigations on living victims under National Socialism are among the best-known abuses in medical history. But to date, there have been no statistics compiled regarding the extent and number of the victims and perpetrators, or regarding their identities in terms of age, nationality, and gender. "Victims of Unethical Human Experiments and Coerced Research under National Socialism," a research project based at Oxford Brookes University, has established an evidence-based documentation of the overall numbers of victims and perpetrators through specific record linkages of the evidence from the period of National Socialism, as well as from post-WWII trials and other records. This article examines the level and extent of these unethical medical procedures as they relate to the field of neuroscience. It presents statistical information regarding the victims, as well as detailing the involvement of the perpetrators and Nazi physicians with respect to their post-war activities and subsequent court trials.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 23
ISSN:0823-2105
DOI:10.3138/cbmh.33.2.152-27012015