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The Nazi doctors : medical killing and the psychology of genocide : with a new preface by the author /

This book explores the psychological conditions that promote the human potential for evil, relating medical killing to broader principles of doubling and genocide.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lifton, Robert Jay, 1926- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [New York] : Basic Books, [2000]
Edition:[2000 ed.].
Subjects:
Human experimentation in medicine > Germany > Psychological aspects.
Medical scientists > Germany > Psychology.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Germany > Psychological aspects.
World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities > Psychological aspects.
Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation > history
Euthanasia > history
Holocaust > psychology
War Crimes > history
Physicians > history
World War II
Germany
Expérimentation humaine en médecine > Allemagne > Aspect psychologique.
Scientifiques en médecine > Allemagne > Psychologie.
Holocauste, 1939-1945 > Allemagne > Aspect psychologique.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Atrocités > Aspect psychologique.
Atrocities > Psychological aspects.
Human experimentation in medicine > Psychological aspects.
Medical scientists > Psychology.
Psychological aspects.
Germany.
1939-1945
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Description
Summary:This book explores the psychological conditions that promote the human potential for evil, relating medical killing to broader principles of doubling and genocide.
Physical Description:xiii, 561 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-539) and index.
ISBN:0465049052
9780465049059