Citation

Georges JM, Benedict S. ANS Adv. Nurs. Sci. 2006; 29(2): 161-169.

Affiliation

Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, University of San Diego, CA 92110, USA. jgeorges@sandiego.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16717495

Abstract

This historical research report presents and analyzes 2 recently identified narratives of women who underwent sterilization experiments at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. A description of the historical and contextual background is presented in which involvement of the prisoner nurse occurred in the sterilization experiments. Using a critical feminist perspective, the ethics of nursing involvement are discussed in these experiments, with an emphasis on the political dimension. Salient implications are explored for contemporary nursing.

Language: en