Citation

Seidelman WE. Br. Med. J. BMJ 1996; 313(7070): 1463-1467.

Affiliation

Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8973236

PMCID

PMC2352986

Abstract

Fifty years after the Nuremberg medical trial there remain many unanswered questions about the role of the German medical profession during the Third Reich. Other than the question of human experimentation, important ethical challenges arising from medicine in Nazi Germany which have continuing relevance were not addressed at Nuremberg. The underlying moral question is that of the exercise of professional power and its impact on vulnerable people seeking medical care. Sensitisation to the obligations of professional power may be achieved by an annual commemoration and lament to the memory of the victims of medical abuse which would serve as a recurring reminder of the physician's vulnerability and fallibility.

Language: en