Genetics and Modern Eugenics by medical student Amanda Broderick
The first- and second-year medical students taking the Healing by Killing: Medicine During the Third Reich elective at Baylor College of Medicine quickly realize the moral hazards of both eugenics and medical genetics, a field that was consciously created by American eugenicists after "eugenics" was discredited by knowledge of the indispensable contributions of physicians to the design and implementation of the Holocaust. Amanda Broderick offers her take on genetics and modern eugenics.
Read More >>Operation Paperclip, an essay by medical student Elizabeth Adams
Medical students taking my Healing by Killing: Medicine During the Third Reich elective often are uncomfortable with the moral compromises made by the US government after WWII in regards to the treatment of German scientists in general and physicians in particular. Here is one student's view of Operation Paperclip, which brought approximately 1600 German scientists to the United States.
Read More >>A Medical Student’s Personal Reflections on Eugenics by Zach Solomon
In my Healing by Killing: Medicine During the Third Reich elective at Baylor College of Medicine, first and second year medical students must write a paper on a topic of their choosing stimulated by the material they've studied in the course. Here is a poignant and powerful paper by Zachary Solomon
Read More >>The Selective Memory of Bioethics by C. Cody Miller
Reflecting upon Nazi bioethical justifications for involuntary sterilization and euthanasia, for murderous medical experiments and, ultimately, the Holocaust, a second year medical student examines the response of the American bioethics community to these events.
Read More >>What happened to the primary victims of the Nazi public health policy of “Applied Biology”?
The Prime Minister of Israel gave a truly remarkable and memorable speech at the United Nations last week.
Read More >>70th Anniversary of the Doctors’ Trial—History of Nuremberg Code
This article discusses the Nazi Doctors' Trial and its relation to the history of Eugenics. The authors suggest that we must learn these lessons from history in order to safeguard medical ethics today.
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