Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia by Sheldon Rubenfel... - 9781793609519

Physician-Assisted Suicide and EuthanasiaBefore, During, and After the Holocaust\nAuthor(s): Sheldon Rubenfeld, Daniel P. Sulmasy, Astrid Ley, Florian Bruns, LaVera Crawley, James Downar, Alan Elbaum, Ashley K. Fernandes, Gerrit Hohendorf, Scott Kim\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Lexington Books\nISBN-13: 9781793609519, 978-1793609519\nSynopsis\nUnlike Nazi medical experiments, euthanasia during the Third Reich is barely studied or taught. Often, even asking whether euthanasia during the Third Reich is relevant to contemporary debates about physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and euthanasia is dismissed as inflammatory. Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Before, During, and After the Holocaust explores the history of euthanasia before and during the Third Reich in depth and demonstrate how Nazi physicians incorporated mainstream Western philosophy, eugenics, population medicine, prevention, and other medical ideas into their ide.