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Nazi Medicine and the Nuremberg Trials: From Medical Warcrimes to Informed Consent
This book offers a radically new and definitive reappraisal of Allied responses to Nazi human experiments and the origins of informed consent. It places the victims and Allied Medical Intelligence officers at centre stage, while providing a full reconstruction of policies on war crimes and trials related to Nazi medical atrocities and genocide.
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494 pages, Paperback
First published October 29, 2004
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August 14, 2019
I tried to finish this book. I really did, but it was such a slog, and I have so many better books on my to-read list....
Even for academic writing, this is agonizingly dry. Weindling's writing also suffers from a lack of focus or a clear central thesis. The chapters are disjointed, and the connection between sections--and even between sentences--is often unclear. I felt as if I was reading a series of disorganized research notes rather than a completed study.
Given their historical and ethical importance, it is unfortunate that there is such a lack of accessible and readable literature on the Nuremberg Medical Trials. If you're lucky enough to have access to a copy, Alexander Mitscherlich's " Doctors of Infamy is an excellent overview, but is limited in scope. Otherwise, things are pretty sparse.
Even for academic writing, this is agonizingly dry. Weindling's writing also suffers from a lack of focus or a clear central thesis. The chapters are disjointed, and the connection between sections--and even between sentences--is often unclear. I felt as if I was reading a series of disorganized research notes rather than a completed study.
Given their historical and ethical importance, it is unfortunate that there is such a lack of accessible and readable literature on the Nuremberg Medical Trials. If you're lucky enough to have access to a copy, Alexander Mitscherlich's " Doctors of Infamy is an excellent overview, but is limited in scope. Otherwise, things are pretty sparse.
August 7, 2014
Not a book for easy reading, this will be of interest to those concerned with medical experiments and research. Pretty dry writing, with a lot of details regarding the lead-up to the Nuremberg Medical Trials and its consequences to modern medicine. I'm glad to have read through it (more knowledge is always welcome), but not really a book I would go back to.
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