Nursing ethics and the Holocaust: pilot of an innovation in teaching

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Shields, Linda;Manning, Jennifer;McAllister, Margaret;O'Brien, Darren;Shields, Kirril;Emeto, Theophilus I.;Brien, Donna;Murray, John;Benedict, Susan
Iyke Emeto
Abstract

More nurses than doctors killed in the Holocaust but are little studied. In Nazi 'euthanasia' institutional patients, with others, were killed by nurses. A German film, Fog in August (2016), tells of a boy caught in Nazi 'euthanasia'. We piloted the film to increase knowledge about nurses in Nazi 'euthanasia'. In Australia, 21 participants (health professionals, community members) completed pre-and-post questionnaires testing levels of knowledge. Knowledge increased – median post-score (1.75) > pre-score (1.0), median of differences 0.5 (p = 0.001). This film effectively increased knowledge, and the study methods worked. We will develop a project to teach nurses about genocides.

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Holocaust stuides

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Holocaust stuides

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28

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2048-4887

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2

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Taylor and Francis

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10.1080/17504902.2021.1906077