Murderous Medicine

Description:

"This important study explores the role of the International Red Cross in typhus epidemics during and after World War I and World War II. It details the widespread complicity of foreign companies in the Nazi typhus research. Finally, the author stresses the importance of monitoring and holding accountable the medical profession, researchers, and drug companies that continue to invest in research on biological agents as weapons of war."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: War crimes,  Moral and ethical aspects of National socialism,  Medical ethics,  Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne,  History, 20th Century,  Active Euthanasia,  Prevention & control,  Ethics, Medical,  Human experimentation in medicine,  Prisoners of war,  Moral and ethical aspects,  Holocaust,  Physician's Role,  World War, 1939-1945,  Medical care,  Disabled Persons,  History,  Human Experimentation,  Jews,  Atrocities,  National socialism,  Typhus fever,  Euthanasia, Active,  World war, 1939-1945, health aspects

Places: Germany

Times: 20th century