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| Title |
A long shadow: Nazi doctors, moral vulnerability and contemporary medical culture
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Medical Ethics, May 2012
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| DOI | 10.1136/medethics-2011-100372 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Alessandra Colaianni |
| Abstract |
More than 7% of all German physicians became members of the Nazi SS during World War II, compared with less than 1% of the general population. In so doing, these doctors willingly participated in genocide, something that should have been antithetical to the values of their chosen profession. The participation of physicians in torture and murder both before and after World War II is a disturbing legacy seldom discussed in medical school, and underrecognised in contemporary medicine. Is there something inherent in being a physician that promotes a transition from healer to murderer? With this historical background in mind, the author, a medical student, defines and reflects upon moral vulnerabilities still endemic to contemporary medical culture. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 345 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 50 | 14% |
| United States | 22 | 6% |
| Spain | 20 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 16 | 5% |
| Canada | 15 | 4% |
| Ireland | 5 | 1% |
| France | 4 | 1% |
| Comoros | 3 | <1% |
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 25 | 7% |
| Unknown | 183 | 53% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 297 | 86% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 24 | 7% |
| Scientists | 17 | 5% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 7 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 77 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 75 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 13% |
| Other | 7 | 9% |
| Researcher | 7 | 9% |
| Other | 19 | 25% |
| Unknown | 12 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 29 | 38% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 9% |
| Philosophy | 5 | 6% |
| Psychology | 5 | 6% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 10 | 13% |
| Unknown | 17 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 281. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 March 2024.
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