Edited by Arthur L. Caplan. 359 pp. Totowa, N.J., Humana Press, 1992. $22.50. ISBN 0-89603-235-3. By a working party of the British Medical Association. 234 pp. London, Zed Books, 1992. $55 (cloth); $19.95 (paper). ISBN 1-85649-104-8.
Authors are aware of the predilection of publishers to picktitles that sometimes make it difficult for a reader to judgethe book by its cover. Of the two titles above, the latter isa more accurate choice than the former. The perversion of medicinein Nazi Germany, unfortunately still being duplicated todayin many parts of the world, is much closer to betrayal thanto madness. To label what happened in Germany simply as madnessis to undermine a fundamental point of both books -- that medicalabuses under totalitarian regimes are explainable (althoughthey remain inexcusable and unacceptable) . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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