Medicine After the Holocaust : From the Master Race to the Human Genome and Beyond

In an effort to create the Master Race, Nazi physicians and bioscientists, using American legislative models, money, and moral support, sterilized 400,000 and euthanized 200,000 German citizens while developing the gas chambers and crematoria used to murder 6,000,000 Jews. Rubenfeld and the contributors to this collection posit that German physicians betrayed the Hippocratic Oath when they chose knowledge over wisdom, the state over the individual, a f?hrer over God, and personal gain over professional ethics. This groundbreaking work questions whether, since the best physicians of the early twentieth century could abandon their patients, the best physicians of the twenty-first century can be certain that they will not do the same. Foreword: This past must not be prologue / Francis S. Collins Introduction / Sheldon Rubenfeld pt. 1. Eugenics, euthanasia, extermination. When evil was good and good evil: remembrances of Nuremberg / Edmund D. Pellegrino Medicine during the Nazi period: historical facts and some implications for teaching medical ethics and professionalism / Volker Roelcke Academic medicine during the Nazi period: the implications for creating awareness of professional responsibility today / William Seidelman Misconceptions of "race" as a biological category: then and now / Theresa M. Duello Mad, bad, or evil: how physician healers turn to torture and murder / Michael A. Grodin Genetic diversity has prevailed, not the master race / Ferid Murad pt. 2. Medicine after the Holocaust. Genetics and eugenics: a personal odyssey / James D. Watson The stain of silence: Nazi ethics and bioethics / Arthur L. Caplan The legacy of the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial to American bioethics and human rights / George J. Annas A more perfect human: the promise and the peril of modern science / Leon R. Kass What does "medicine after the Holocaust" have to do with aid in dying? / Kathryn L. Tucker Is physician-assisted suicide ever permissible? / Wesley J. Smith Cinematic perspectives on euthanasia and assisted suicide / Glen O. Gabbard Science, medicine, and religion in and after the Holocaust / John M. Haas Why science and religion need to cooperate to prevent a recurrence of the Holocaust / Irving Greenberg The status of the relationship between the citizen and the government / Ward Connerly From Nuremberg to the human genome: the right of human research participants / Henry T. Greely Medical professionalism: lessons from the Holocaust / Jordan J. Cohen Assessing risk in patient care / George Paul Noon Jewish medical ethics and risky treatments / Avraham Steinberg Afterword / Michael E. DeBakey Appendix A: additional information. Front Matter....Pages i-xxi Introduction....Pages 1-8 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 When Evil was Good and Good Evil: Remembrances of Nuremberg....Pages 11-16 Medicine during the Nazi Period: Historical Facts and Some Implications for Teaching Medical Ethics and Professionalism....Pages 17-28 Academic Medicine during the Nazi Period: The Implications for Creating Awareness of Professional Responsibility Today....Pages 29-36 Misconceptions of “Race” as a Biological Category: Then and Now....Pages 37-48 Mad, Bad, or Evil: How Physician Healers Turn to Torture and Murder....Pages 49-65 Genetic Diversity Has Prevailed, Not the Master Race....Pages 67-67 Front Matter....Pages 69-69 Genetics and Eugenics: A Personal Odyssey....Pages 71-81 The Stain of Silence: Nazi Ethics and Bioethics....Pages 83-92 The Legacy of the Nuremberg Doctors’ Trial to American Bioethics and Human Rights....Pages 93-105 A More Perfect Human: The Promise and the Peril of Modern Science....Pages 107-122 What Does “Medicine after the Holocaust” Have to Do with Aid in Dying?....Pages 123-133 Is Physician-Assisted Suicide Ever Permissible?....Pages 135-151 Cinematic Perspectives on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide....Pages 153-161 Science, Medicine, and Religion in and after the Holocaust....Pages 163-170 Why Science and Religion Need to Cooperate to Prevent a Recurrence of the Holocaust....Pages 171-179 The Status of the Relationship between the Citizen and the Government....Pages 181-183 From Nuremberg to the Human Genome: The Rights of Human Research Participants....Pages 185-200 Medical Professionalism: Lessons from the Holocaust....Pages 201-208 Assessing Risk in Patient Care....Pages 209-212 Front Matter....Pages 69-69 Jewish Medical Ethics and Risky Treatments....Pages 213-220 Afterword....Pages 221-223 Back Matter....Pages 225-233 Rubenfeld and the contributors to this collection posit that German physicians betrayed the Hippocratic Oath when they chose knowledge over wisdom, the state over the individual, a fuhrer over God, and personal gain over professional ethics. Rubenfeld and the contributors to this collection posit that German physicians betrayed the Hippocratic Oath when they, for the sake of the domination of a Master Race, chose knowledge over wisdom, the state over the individual, a fuhrer over God, and personal gain over professional ethics, sterilizing, euthanizing and outright murdering over six million German citizens. As the best physicians of the early twentieth century could abandon their patients, this groundbreaking work questions whether is it certain that the best physicians of the twenty-first century will not do the same In an effort to create the Master Race, Nazi physicians and bioscientists, using American legislative models, money, and moral support, sterilized 400,000 and euthanized 200,000 German citizens while developing the gas chambers and crematoria used to murder 6,000,000 Jews. Rubenfeld and the contributors to this collection posit that German physicians betrayed the Hippocratic Oath when they chose knowledge over wisdom, the state over the individual, a führer over God, and personal gain over professional ethics. This groundbreaking work questions whether, since the best physicians of the early twentieth century could abandon their patients, the best physicians of the twenty-first century can be certain that they will not do the same Rubenfeld argues that German doctors betrayed the Hippocratic Oath when they chose knowledge over wisdom and personal gain over professional ethics during Hitler's regime. He questions whether the best physicians of the 21st century can be certain that they would not do the same