Harvard’s Eugenics Era
Thank you to CMATH Champion Jaime Romanowsky for pointing out the article with the above title published in the March-April 2016 issue of Harvard Magazine.
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Is human biodiversity a modern term for eugenics?
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How can we address the future of "clinical genetics" while measuring findings against the history of Eugenics. This article weighs the past and the present as it deals with 'biological determinism."
Read More >>American Eugenics
American eugenicists provided support for Nazi eugenicists, as can be seen on a unique website.
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One of the difficulties in teaching medicine after the Holocaust to American students is their limited knowledge of US history. As this article from the Wall Street Journal on June 30, 2016 points out, even history majors have few requirements to study US history. Because premed students are usually required to take science rather than humanities courses for admission into American medical schools, their knowledge of US history is even more inadequate. This deficiency makes it difficult for medical students to appreciate the changes in the US government that have greatly influenced American medicine for the past 100 years.
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