Max Planck Institute Desires to Take Moral Responsibility for Its Unethical Research
After more than 70 years the Max Planck Institute, known as the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute during the Third Reich, appears willing to take responsibility for its unethical human subjects research by opening its archives to four independent researchers for the next three years.
Read More >>Germany Grapples with Its African Genocide
Tens of thousands of Namibians were killed in what historians call the 20th century’s first genocide, and Germany is finally close to recognizing it as such.
Read More >>Euthanasia, abortion, & the death penalty by medical student Jessica Tran
After learning about the Nazi "euthanasia" programs in my Healing by Killing: Medicine During the Third Reich elective, this medical student "began to see links between what was considered medicine in the Third Reich period and our current ideas and acceptance of abortion and the death penalty."
Read More >>The influence of healthcare policy on patient care by medical student Maya Firsowicz
A Baylor College of Medicine student wonders if our current culture and healthcare policies leads to physician behavior that is "not in the best interests of patients."
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 >>Euthanasia or Youth in Asia? by Brigette Lee
A discussion of child euthanasia in Nazi euthanasia stimulated a first year Baylor College of Medicine student to write a poem about female infanticide in China.
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