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

Year: 2021

Type: article

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.

Source: Holocaust Studies

DOI: 10.1080/17504902.2021.1906077

Authors: Linda Shields, Jennifer Manning, Margaret McAllister, Darren O’Brien, Kirril Shields, Theophilus I. Emeto, Donna Lee Brien, John Murray, Susan Benedict

Institutions: The University of Queensland, University of the Sunshine Coast, Charles Sturt University, Central Queensland University, The University of Sydney, James Cook University, Medical University of South Carolina

Language: English

Topic: Film in Education and Therapy

Subfield: Health Information Management

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3144225943

FWCI: 0.417

Cites: 31

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10