Publications by authors named "Bradley Niederschulte"
Int J Law Psychiatry
May 2013
Article Synopsis
- During the Weimar Republic, over half of German physicians joined the Nazi Party, significantly more than other professions, playing a crucial role in the regime's medical atrocities.
- The German Medical Society facilitated various inhumane practices such as marginalizing Jewish doctors, forced experimentation, euthanasia, and ultimately genocide, which raises ethical questions about the medical profession's adherence to the Hippocratic Oath.
- The article examines the vulnerabilities and motivations—like professional conformity, economic insecurity, and adherence to Nazi ideology—that may explain why so many physicians aligned with the Nazis, emphasizing the importance of understanding these factors to prevent future abuses in medicine.
