Teaching the Holocaust in nursing and medical education in Australia
Journal Publication ResearchOnline@JCUAbstract
Background: the Holocaust was a turning point in history, and is a seminal event in human rights. Doctors, nurses and midwives were complicit in the killings of the Holocaust, and the development of the Nuremberg Code for Research Ethics was a direct result of the actions of health professionals. Objective: to ascertain whether or not the Holocaust is taught in nursing/midwifery and medical school subjects in universities in Australia Design: cross-sectional email survey Participants: Course directors of Bachelor courses in all Australian nursing/midwifery (N=31) and medical schools (N=18), with responses from nursing/midwifery (n=19), medicine (n=4), response rate 43%. Methods: email survey asking if and how the Holocaust was taught in their courses. Results: two nursing/midwifery and one medical school taught the Holocaust directly, in one lecture. Six nursing/ midwifery and two medical schools taught it in relation to research ethics. Conclusions: the Holocaust receives little attention in nursing, midwifery or medical curricula in Australia, despite its importance to human rights.
Journal
N/A
Publication Name
N/A
Volume
1
ISBN/ISSN
2051-6266
Edition
N/A
Issue
12
Pages Count
4
Location
N/A
Publisher
University of Southamton
Publisher Url
N/A
Publisher Location
N/A
Publish Date
N/A
Url
N/A
Date
N/A
EISSN
N/A
DOI
N/A