MEDRADSC 3Y03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Racial Hygiene, Social Darwinism, Selective Breeding
29 Jan 2020
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The medical ethos, social darwinism, racial hygiene, sterilization, nuremberg. Hippocratic oath: primum non nocere= first, do no harm, focus on individuals suffering, responsibilities of physician not stratified on the basis of a hierarchy of worth or on social priorities of the state. Charles darwin: english naturalist and geologist, best known contributions to science of evolution, all species of life have descended over tome from common ancestors. Racial hygiene = eugenics: 1894, alfred ploetz german. If the fit were to be primary survivors, counter-selective forces should be avoided : including medical care for the weak, hierarchy of human worth. Canada"s dirty laundry: 5 years later natzi"s did the same. June 2 1972 sexual sterilization act repealed the act violates fundamental human rights : eugenics board created, march 21, 1928 sexual sterilization act becomes law. Involuntary sterilization of 2832 women in alberta 1928-1972 in alberta: 1933 bc passed own sterilization act.
